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Originally Posted by sham
At some future date, suppose five powerful nukes were set off near simultaneously in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Philadelphia. 250,000 Americans are killed instantly. Another million or more are doomed from blast injuries and radiation. Intelligence indicates that the bombs were supplied to Al Qaeda from Country X. What do you believe would be an appropriate US response to Country X?
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Another hypothetical question...as if we don't have enough reality based ones to deal with.
OK...
Suppose you go to the local Taco bell and order something that has scallions on it.
You come down with a bad case of food poisoning due to e. coli.
Since you don't drive and the public transport workers are on strike, you're forced to walk your sick carcass to the emergency room at the hospital, but it's a mile from your place.
About a half mile into your trek, it starts to snow. At the 3/4 mile point, it's up to your waist, and since you forgot your parka, hypothermia is now setting on. You keep trudging, but then a bout of diarrea grabs you.
Another hundred yards along, an angry gang of Innuit midgets mugs you.
They beat you to a pulp and leave your sick body face down in the snow. When the spring thaw melts the snow and reveals your corpse, what do you think will be listed as the cause of your death? And who should your beneficiaries go after? Yum Brands? The weather channel? the Innuits?