As I've said many times before, I never believed all the hype about the Evil Empire.
* I thought the whole duck-and-cover business was ridiculous--how in the hell could that be of any use against an A-bomb? To see the famous Bert the Turtle propaganda film, click here.
* I also thought my parents were full of fear and strange ideas when they spoke of fleeing to Minnesota, a six-hour drive away without any traffic, so that we'd be safe in the event that the Cuban missile crisis wasn't resolved. I wondered if a missile would only take a few minutes to reach us, how could we ever hope to reach Minnesota in time? This was at 4 years, 2 1/2 months.
* At one point in my young life, having observed enough TV to make an informed assessment, I told my mom that we shouldn't be spending all this time, money, and energy on weapons, but should instead send the Soviets TV sets. It would be a lot cheaper, and then they would be passive and distracted, just like us Americans. War won, without a single shot.
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