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<blockquote data-quote="Zimri" data-source="post: 4724895" data-attributes="member: 15991"><p>Perhaps not but they do seem to find themselves in "key positions"</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1) It provides the kind of protection mentioned in my west wing quote. If you knew that should you harm one hair on the head of a citizen of country X that there was a darn good chance the full unbridled might of country X would rain down upon you and yours then you are far less likely to harm that person.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't have to be a country in the example either. If I am a Jet I know full well that should I hurt a Shark in neutral territory the rest of the Sharks are coming after me, and will probably hurt my other Jet friends that are with me at the time. Likewise I walk unmolested through neutral territory because the Sharks would rather not have me gather up a bunch of my friends and jump one of them.</p><p></p><p>This reasoning is precisely why (in my opinion) there hasn't been a nuclear war. Everyone who currently (as far as we know) has access to nuclear weapons WANTS to keep living. They comprehend that as soon as one weapon is fired in hostility that the response will end up destroying them , sure their enemies die too (and probably first) but for most people that isn't enough. It's M.A.D. (mutually assured destruction as opposed to multiple attribute dependency). </p><p></p><p>2) "proportional response" leads to exactly what Bartlett posited. They know the likely responses and a) factor them in and b) make the "assumed targets" as safe and unnecessary as possible.</p><p></p><p>I know that if I graffiti the opposing gangs freshly painted clubhouse that they will graffiti mine, but mine needs a paint job anyway then meh might as well tag them and then paint mine after they tag me back. If on the other hand I know they will up the price of poker and burn my building down if I tag theirs then I am far less likely to tag theirs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zimri, post: 4724895, member: 15991"] Perhaps not but they do seem to find themselves in "key positions" 1) It provides the kind of protection mentioned in my west wing quote. If you knew that should you harm one hair on the head of a citizen of country X that there was a darn good chance the full unbridled might of country X would rain down upon you and yours then you are far less likely to harm that person. It doesn't have to be a country in the example either. If I am a Jet I know full well that should I hurt a Shark in neutral territory the rest of the Sharks are coming after me, and will probably hurt my other Jet friends that are with me at the time. Likewise I walk unmolested through neutral territory because the Sharks would rather not have me gather up a bunch of my friends and jump one of them. This reasoning is precisely why (in my opinion) there hasn't been a nuclear war. Everyone who currently (as far as we know) has access to nuclear weapons WANTS to keep living. They comprehend that as soon as one weapon is fired in hostility that the response will end up destroying them , sure their enemies die too (and probably first) but for most people that isn't enough. It's M.A.D. (mutually assured destruction as opposed to multiple attribute dependency). 2) "proportional response" leads to exactly what Bartlett posited. They know the likely responses and a) factor them in and b) make the "assumed targets" as safe and unnecessary as possible. I know that if I graffiti the opposing gangs freshly painted clubhouse that they will graffiti mine, but mine needs a paint job anyway then meh might as well tag them and then paint mine after they tag me back. If on the other hand I know they will up the price of poker and burn my building down if I tag theirs then I am far less likely to tag theirs. [/QUOTE]
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