> I still find it amazing that Stanislav Petrov was fired from his job... If he were promoted he might have spoken about the faulty system to the wrong pointy

> I still find it amazing that Stanislav Petrov was fired from his job... If he were promoted he might have spoken about the faulty system to the wrong pointy haired boss. This is speculation, but Russian Christians have a strong sense of sacrifice, and sacrificing your career for saving the world may seem appropriate somehow.