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In the dark, the three activists cut through a boundary fence which had signs stating “No Trespassing.” They broke into and vandalized a nuclear weapons facili

by fowkswe 13y ago

In the dark, the three activists cut through a boundary fence which had signs stating “No Trespassing.” They broke into and vandalized a nuclear weapons facility. If you mess with the bull, you're gonna get the horns.

tomjen3 13y ago
I am still kinda shocked that is even possible. I mean the US go to great lengths to prevent Iran from getting nukes, but they don't even protect their own storage facilities? I understand that you can't exactly just press a button to make a nuclear bomb go of (although if the PAL is still set to its cold war default of 00000000 that might be just that simple) but on of the US fears is how close Iran is to be able to make enriched uranium, best case (or worst case, for us) estimates are still years away but if they can simply waltz into a weapons storage facility and walk away with it, then they could get it at any time and what is possibly worse is that they could finish the rest of the components (which wouldn't worry the US too much, as they still wouldn't have the uranium) and then get the uranium in a few days (and if the storage facilities aren't tracking their inventory closely enough, the first indication of the nukes being stole may be when the Iranians announce that they have them). And if Iran doesn't want nuclear bombs, then we know that North Korea wants them.
codygman 13y ago
They SUCCESSFULLY broke into a nuclear weapons facility without any opposition. The nuclear facility security staff and management should be getting the horns.
orthecreedence 13y ago
If they had broke into and attempted to destroy a nuclear weapons facility, then would sympathize a bit more with the charges. A handful of pacifists cutting fences, making signs, and singing songs is not terrorism, much less violent terrorism. How long until robbing a bank is terrorism? It could presumably hinder national defense, so it must be terrorism. How about killing someone? Is that terrorism? Smoking marijuana? Jaywalking? How far will we go, allowing ourselves to say "that person deserves it," before we're next on the list? If pacifists trespassing is terrorism, I'd say anyone living in the US should be pretty fucking worried right about now.

by fowkswe 13y ago

tomjen3 13y ago

I am still kinda shocked that is even possible. I mean the US go to great lengths to prevent Iran from getting nukes, but they don't even protect their own storage facilities? I understand that you can't exactly just press a button to make a nuclear bomb go of (although if the PAL is still set to its cold war default of 00000000 that might be just that simple) but on of the US fears is how close Iran is to be able to make enriched uranium, best case (or worst case, for us) estimates are still years away but if they can simply waltz into a weapons storage facility and walk away with it, then they could get it at any time and what is possibly worse is that they could finish the rest of the components (which wouldn't worry the US too much, as they still wouldn't have the uranium) and then get the uranium in a few days (and if the storage facilities aren't tracking their inventory closely enough, the first indication of the nukes being stole may be when the Iranians announce that they have them). And if Iran doesn't want nuclear bombs, then we know that North Korea wants them.

codygman 13y ago

They SUCCESSFULLY broke into a nuclear weapons facility without any opposition. The nuclear facility security staff and management should be getting the horns.

orthecreedence 13y ago

If they had broke into and attempted to destroy a nuclear weapons facility, then would sympathize a bit more with the charges. A handful of pacifists cutting fences, making signs, and singing songs is not terrorism, much less violent terrorism. How long until robbing a bank is terrorism? It could presumably hinder national defense, so it must be terrorism. How about killing someone? Is that terrorism? Smoking marijuana? Jaywalking? How far will we go, allowing ourselves to say "that person deserves it," before we're next on the list? If pacifists trespassing is terrorism, I'd say anyone living in the US should be pretty fucking worried right about now.