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[dvnews_page]shallwechoosedeath?bertrandruell
   december30,1954    iameakingnotasabriton,notasaeuropean,notasamemberofawesterndemocracy,butasahumanbeing,amemberoftheeciesman,whosecontinuedexistenceisindoubt.theworldisfullofconflicts:jewsandaraindiaandpakistaniwhitemenandnegroesinafrica;and,overshadowingallminorconflicts,thetitanicstrugglebetweencommunismandanticommunism.almosteverybodywhoispoliticallycocioushasstrongfeelingsaboutoneormoreoftheseiuebutiwantyou,ifyoucan,tosetasidesuchfeelingsforthemomentandcoideryourselfonlyasamemberofabiologicalecieswhichhashadaremarkablehistoryandwhosedisaearancenoneofuscandesire.ishalltrytosaynosinglewordwhichshouldaealtoonegroupratherthantoanother.all,equally,areinperil,and,iftheperilisunderstood,thereishopethattheymaycollectivelyavertit.wehavetolearntothinkinanewway.wehavetolearntoaskourselvesnotwhatstecanbetakentogivemilitaryvictorytowhatevergroupweprefer,fortherenolongeraresuchste.thequestionwehavetoaskourselvesis:whatstecanbetakentopreventamilitarycontestofwhichtheiuemustbedisastroustoallsides?
   thegeneralpublic,andevenmanymeninpositioofauthority,havenotrealizedwhatwouldbeinvolvedinawarwithhydrogenbom.thegeneralpublicstillthinksintermsoftheobliterationofcities.itisunderstoodthatthenewbomaremorepowerfulthantheoldandthat,whileoneatomicbombcouldobliteratehiroshima,onehydrogenbombcouldobliteratethelargestcitiessuchaslondon,newyork,andmoscow.nodoubtinahydrogen-bombwargreatcitieswouldbeobliterated.butthisisoneoftheminordisastersthatwouldhavetobefaced.ifeverybodyinlondon,newyork,andmoscowwereexterminated,theworldmight,inthecourseofafewcenturies,recoverfromtheblow.butwenowknow,eeciallysincethebikinitest,thathydrogenbomcangraduallyreaddestructionoveramuchwiderareathanhadbeensuosed.itisstatedonverygoodauthoritythatabombcannowbemanufacturedwhichwillbe2

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