[FRIAM] wtf I thought nuclear weapons was banned since...forever

[Marcus Daniels]

How do you propose dissuading countries from building these weapons?  Shaming them on mailing lists?

On Aug 27, 2022, at 3:25 PM, Gillian Densmore <gil.densmore at gmail.com> wrote:


https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/27/europe/russia-blocks-un-nuclear-disarmament-treaty-intl-hnk/index.html

Am I going loony, I had thought after ultra conservatives of different interpretation in communism had tried to murder (1991 coup attempt) Gorbachev, and his part in draging russin into the Nuclear Weapons Ban and Test ban treaties that was that. Though was a we widdle youngling then I do clearly recall Gorby being all like: Un Embassy has good and poison free food, the coffees also good. and then latter: well Russia you'll stop being dicks about nukes and like it we won't make more are taking apart what we do have...
so um why is this a thing?

So um cans someone please ELi5 wtf is going on with  a new nuclear ban and disarm. treaty and how was russia even allowed to cock block it?  is Putin really as insane as to attempt to nuke Ukrain? (probably). And  is this just him being a dick to pout and posture? Hell do they even anything  that can move those things? they're not exactly light.

Sigh. To russia: trolling about a nuclear winter or at least a MAD scenario just because Zelenskyy  doesn't like being murdered in his sleep KGB style doesn't make it ok to not  decide nukes== f'n stupid, can still make bombs. just not make a few Tsar Bombas because the rest of us want to live past the next few years.
-ME for one


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