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sumpinehon Mar 05, 2022 1:10pm
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Eve of Destruction
Eve of DestructionSong written in 1964 by PF Sloan Released in 1965 by Barry McGuire.Books like On the Beach written by Nevil Shute in 1957 and Failsafe by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler in 1962 were what I grew up with. Russian and American Nuclear weapons pointed at each like a western showdown where both sides would lose. We were told that a strike on New York city would obliterate everything within a 600 mile radius and the fallout would eventually take out the rest of the world.Fortunately cooler heads prevailed.In 1963 when JF Kennedy was assinated we thought that might be the tipping point. What could anyone do? This is what started the drug cultured peace movement with hippies etc. We would get high every night wondering if we would even be around the next day.Viet Nam was in full swing and Canada became home for many draft dodgers.America was split between warmongers and peaceniks.Since then there have been many small wars without worldwide repercussions. We may have come full circle. Hopefully a peaceful solution can be achieved. If not then I will see you all on the other side.Worrying will not help.GLTA