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TFF PressInfo: Nuclear abolition now !
August 6th, 2014 | 
Author: By TFF’s Board
Lund, Sweden August 6, 2014 – Hiroshima Day
The Nuclear Age – risk of omnicide and our new responsibilities
Nuclear weapons came into the world and were used for the first time in 1945. Their specific feature as weapons of mass destruction and “omnicide” – able to kill us all – has changed what it means to be alive on this earth and to be responsible for its existence.
Until nuclear weapons, human beings could not decide whether or not to end project humankind and project planet earth.
Today we know that the arsenals and missile projection methods are such that a few decision-makers, or a technical malfunction, could blow up enough of the world to make the living – if any – envy the dead.
We live in the Nuclear Age. It means living with the permanent daily threat of extinction. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: disarmament, moral responsibility, nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament, omnicide, public education | 
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