Father of H-Bomb Dead

[MovingTarget]

Edward Teller, who was a major influence in the development of atomic weapons in the United States, has died at the age of 95. He was one of three people who convinced Professor Albert Einstien of the possibility of such weapons bieng developed (esp by the Nazis), who later went to President Roosevelt and convinced him to start the Manhattan Project. He was also the main proponent of the development of the H-bomb, even before the first atomic weapons had been successfully tested. Story from Msnbc.com

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Good. He can tapdance through hell.

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Good. He can tapdance through hell.

I hope you're being sarcastic, because I find that statement silly (to say the least).

 

[BOBDN]

"Father of H-Bomb Dead"

Wow, that must've been ONE HELL OF AN ORGASM!

 

[Bigdude]

Too bad he died, before he got to see us use it in the Middle East!

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Good. He can tapdance through hell.

I hope you're being sarcastic, because I find that statement silly (to say the least).

Well, I was tired, and the image of Teller dancing through eternal flames as punishment appealed to my sense of justice. Teller was an abominable person. He looked on the H-bomb as his child to defend, so much so that that he hooked up with McCarthy and cowed scientists who objected on moral grounds to it. This man was a loon, smart or not. Did you know he wanted a new Panama Canal? It could have been constructed by blowing up a chain of h-bombs, right through the US if need be. A fireworks fan of the first degree.

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

I hope you're being sarcastic, because I find that statement silly (to say the least).

Well, I was tired, and the image of Teller dancing through eternal flames as punishment appealed to my sense of justice. Teller was an abominable person [/quote]


Punishment for what exactly? Using his mind?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

I hope you're being sarcastic, because I find that statement silly (to say the least).

Well, I was tired, and the image of Teller dancing through eternal flames as punishment appealed to my sense of justice. Teller was an abominable person

Punishment for what exactly? Using his mind?[/quote]

Many people have used their good minds for bad purposes. Teller was one of them.

 

[amok]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

I hope you're being sarcastic, because I find that statement silly (to say the least).

Well, I was tired, and the image of Teller dancing through eternal flames as punishment appealed to my sense of justice. Teller was an abominable person

Punishment for what exactly? Using his mind?

Many people have used their good minds for bad purposes. Teller was one of them.[/quote]

I'm going to be nice and just say that that is a really stupid thing to say.

 

[BOBDN]

Originally posted by: amok

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

I hope you're being sarcastic, because I find that statement silly (to say the least).

Well, I was tired, and the image of Teller dancing through eternal flames as punishment appealed to my sense of justice. Teller was an abominable person

Punishment for what exactly? Using his mind?

Many people have used their good minds for bad purposes. Teller was one of them.

I'm going to be nice and just say that that is a really stupid thing to say.[/quote]

Yeah, whatsamatta' with you, Winston? Using intellect to create the most destructive device ever created isn't necessarily a BAD thing! Someone would have figured it out eventually. I think living under the nuclear threat makes us all better people. Well, except for the hundreds of thousands incinerated by the nuclear bomb before it just the nuclear threat. But the rest of us are definitely better people. Weapons of Mass Destruction are a good thing (as long as WE are the only nation that has them!).

 

[TheCorm]

Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Good. He can tapdance through hell.

I hope you're being sarcastic, because I find that statement silly (to say the least).

I find the image of a 95 year old man, tap dancing through firey hell quite funny really...is wearing a straw hat, stripey suit and holding a wand stick type thing?

 

[amok]

Originally posted by: BOBDN

Originally posted by: amok

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

I hope you're being sarcastic, because I find that statement silly (to say the least).

Well, I was tired, and the image of Teller dancing through eternal flames as punishment appealed to my sense of justice. Teller was an abominable person

Punishment for what exactly? Using his mind?

Many people have used their good minds for bad purposes. Teller was one of them.

I'm going to be nice and just say that that is a really stupid thing to say.

Yeah, whatsamatta' with you, Winston? Using intellect to create the most destructive device ever created isn't necessarily a BAD thing! Someone would have figured it out eventually. I think living under the nuclear threat makes us all better people. Well, except for the hundreds of thousands incinerated by the nuclear bomb before it just the nuclear threat. But the rest of us are definitely better people. Weapons of Mass Destruction are a good thing (as long as WE are the only nation that has them!).[/quote]
How many millions more have been killed with 'conventional' weaponry? If anything, nukes have tempered conventional warfare.

 

[kaizersose]

Originally posted by: BOBDN
Yeah, whatsamatta' with you, Winston? Using intellect to create the most destructive device ever created isn't necessarily a BAD thing! Someone would have figured it out eventually. I think living under the nuclear threat makes us all better people. Well, except for the hundreds of thousands incinerated by the nuclear bomb before it just the nuclear threat. But the rest of us are definitely better people. Weapons of Mass Destruction are a good thing (as long as WE are the only nation that has them!).

news flash. we werent the only one's trying to develope the bomb. he just helped us develop it first.

also, the man was not a policy maker. FDR had the final decision of whether to let the manhatten project go forward.

edit: formatting

 

[MovingTarget]

Originally posted by: kaizersose

Originally posted by: BOBDN
Yeah, whatsamatta' with you, Winston? Using intellect to create the most destructive device ever created isn't necessarily a BAD thing! Someone would have figured it out eventually. I think living under the nuclear threat makes us all better people. Well, except for the hundreds of thousands incinerated by the nuclear bomb before it just the nuclear threat. But the rest of us are definitely better people. Weapons of Mass Destruction are a good thing (as long as WE are the only nation that has them!).

news flash. we werent the only one's trying to develope the bomb. he just helped us develop it first.

also, the man was not a policy maker. FDR had the final decision of whether to let the manhatten project go forward.

I agree with this. We knew they had a bomb project, as did other major powers in the war. Can anyone imagine if the Manhattan project had never gone foreward and the Soviets had gotten their hands on the bomb first? That sounds like a pretty scary situation. I'm glad we got it first instead of them. It was just a matter of time.

 

[Bigdude]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

I hope you're being sarcastic, because I find that statement silly (to say the least).

Well, I was tired, and the image of Teller dancing through eternal flames as punishment appealed to my sense of justice. Teller was an abominable person

Punishment for what exactly? Using his mind?

Many people have used their good minds for bad purposes. Teller was one of them.[/quote]

Developing the H-bomb was a great idea, so was the A-bomb! We should of Never let anyone else have them!

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: amok

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

I hope you're being sarcastic, because I find that statement silly (to say the least).

Well, I was tired, and the image of Teller dancing through eternal flames as punishment appealed to my sense of justice. Teller was an abominable person

Punishment for what exactly? Using his mind?

Many people have used their good minds for bad purposes. Teller was one of them.

I'm going to be nice and just say that that is a really stupid thing to say.[/quote]


And I will be nice and say that you are ignorant of the situation and the man, and what he did to get that bomb.

 

[Schadenfroh]