View Single Post
Old 2008-11-15, 01:38   Link #73
yezhanquan
Observer/Bookman wannabe
 
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 38
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ledgem View Post
The trouble with this analogy is that a nation is not one person, and you're not just denying them a "handgun" - you're denying them a source of energy, something that is arguably necessary for them to prosper and develop as a nation.
That is the boner. It really is not that far in between nuclear power and nuclear weapons. You almost certainly get them both, or not at all.
__________________
yezhanquan is offline   Reply With Quote