AS A KID GROWING UP IN THE 50'S AND 60'S, THE FEAR WE HAD WAS THAT THE RUSSIANS WOULD BOMB US. I RECALL THE SIGHT OF GIANT MISSLES RISING UP ON THEIR DERRICKS, READY TO HURTLE DEATH OUR WAY.
OF COURSE, WE WERE GOING TO BE OK, ESPECIALLY IF AN ATTACK OCCURRED DURING SCHOOL HOURS, BECAUSE ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS PUT OUR HEADS UNDER OUR DESKS.
IN RETROSPECT, THIS TECHNIQUE WAS AKIN TO PUTTING OUR HEADS IN THE SAND.
WHAT WE REALLY WERE DOING IS GETTING OUR SELVES IN POSITION TO KISSING OUR $%##@ GOODBYE.
TODAYS THREATS ARE MORE REAL, WITH A GREATER PROBABILITY OF HAPPENING, BUT WITH FAR LESS POTENTIAL EFFECT. BUT THEN, IF SOME CRAZY DUDE GETS THE IDEA TO BLOW UP A DIRTY BOMB AT A BALL GAME......
AH...LIFE.
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