'Bone, have you put as much thought into this particular issue as you have into...refusing to vaccinate your child?
Let's explore the sentiments that you've put forward here a bit.
Is this an argument against any restrictions on the production or distribution of nuclear weapons? Are you proposing that it should be restricted to nation states, or should group with the means and the will to acquire them be able to, no matter what their intentions? If you'd restrict membership to nation states, what criteria would you use to limit access? The ability to safeguard them? The political stability of the said nation state, and the likelihood that the whomever is currently in control will be overthrown by actors whose ideology and behavior cannot be predicted with any certainty? The probability that they will transfer the weapons to those who would use them against others?
Even if you are convinced that the principle of "fairness" supercedes rationality and that any group that wants nukes should have them, regardless of their character or intent, do you think that this is an ethically sound position? As an example, assume that country B wants nuclear weapons so that they can anihiliate country A, and tens of millions of people in country A will be killed if country A makes good on its threats. Is it ethical for the rest of the world to support country B's nuclear aspirations because it's not fair to deny country B access to the technology that other countries already have access to. If you resided in country A, would this change your thinking at all?
JayB…I agree that not all the crazy Islamic freaks out there get to posses nukes, but to for the USA to come across as the sane ones here is crazy. Let’s not forget of all the countries that have nukes, WE ARE YOU ONLY ONES TO USE THEM, the USA's track record is not that good. Bush might not wear a turban, but he is in the same league as Binladin and all the other FREAKS out there. What makes us in the righteous to have them over some other country? Why do we get to stand on the moral high ground? Why? Have we (USA) proven that we are saner than the rest? FUCK NO. And you all know it.
Lets all agree, they ALL need to be destroyed.