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The Man Who Literally Saved the World

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the close-calls dept.

99luftballon writes "Today is an important anniversary for Russian hero Stanislav Petrov, the Soviet missile commander who saved the world from nuclear destruction in 1983. Sadly there are plenty of other examples of this kind of thing. How long will we keep getting lucky?"

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  1. Re:Sting said it best by DerekLyons · · Score: 0, Troll
    Way to miss the fucking point. The point is that below Hiler and Stalin and whatall you have ordinary Joes like you and me, and while their morality may sometimes be twisted (at least from our point of view) they still have the same basic, human desires that we do. This doesn't make the dictators any less monstrous, though perhaps it makes their subjects somewhat less so.

    Here's a clue for you asshole - the ordinary joes don't start or stop nuclear wars. Dictators do. Grow the fuck up and pull your head out of your asshole and live in the real world - not some fuzzy dream one.