Silly Old Blogger

So, here’s the thought I had, hope you find it interesting, and remember, it’s got a serious purpose, if this brings the seriousness of the situation we’re in to just a few hundred people, I would consider it worth the time I have put into it so far, but I hope some of you will help me and together we should be able to do a bit better than that.

Suppose I send the link to this blog to, say, two people I know, and who I think would not only be interested to read it but could be persuaded by what I have written here to send the link on to two (more if they want to) like-minded friends…..and so on.

As a matter of interest, to demonstrate the effectiveness of the mathematics involved, suppose I send links to this blog to two people I know, call this level 1, (2 links) and who each pass the link on to two of their friends who do likewise, level 2, (4 links) If this procedure went one step further, (level 3), there would be 8 links, just one more (level 4) and there are 16 links ..etc… do this 32 times then add ’em all up and you’ll find the grand total of links is 3,298,427,256 – which is a sizeable chunk of the world’s population. That’s a bit much to handle, so let’s just deal with english language speakers first!

So is it really true?

Let’s see what we can do

All one needs is send to two!

A successful campaign should result in an increasing number of people who don’t like the idea of our civilisation being destroyed by nuclear warfare, reading this, and using whatever influence they can towards, say a cooperative, world-wide, staged reduction of nukes. Staged reductions like this has been tried before, and can work, but whenever international tensions rise, as they have now, all deals are off, and, and it’s back to the arms race, So added incentives, such as trade sanctions and the like, could be used against countries which resist participation in arms reduction.

We should keep in mind a factor that is going to become ever more important and should work in our favour: As world resources are under increasing strain trying to keep up with demand, and the cost of nuclear weapons is a significant part of national economies, these economies are going to come under increasing pressure, strengthening the case for removing the huge cost of nukes, and their delivery systems, from budgets, to the great benefit of us all.

Here, in case this sounds a bit complicated and grandiose, I will summarise how I hope it will work, it’s really fairly simple:

If you receive this, and like the idea of helping, however much or little, to avert a tragedy for all mankind, send the link to this blog to a minimum of two, more if you like, of your friends (I can’t dictate who you send it to, but would rather not risk annoying recipients of unwanted messages. If we proceed this way, it should always get a welcome reception).

That’s it! – simple, doesn’t cost you anything (depending on the way you send it), and choosing a couple of friends to send it to should only take a few minutes. After that, you can “retire” if you like, knowing that you’ve done your bit!!

This will obviously work best in a properly functioning democracy, where politicians love votes, and if they see a sizeable, and hopefully growing, percentage of their electorate coming to realise what the stakes are, and how real the threat to them and their families is, this will surely result in better government, with policies more aligned with the reality we face.

Don’t even try to have a direct influence on other people’s governments, this is best done indirectly, such as visitors, students or workers from that country who you met while they were studying in your country, but caution them to be careful, we don’t want anyone to get into trouble with their government by spreading radical ideas about nuclear disarmament or making the world a better place for us all!

Speaking of governments, if you’re trying to decide whether it is OK to send this to a resident of a particular country, and you don’t want to risk getting them into trouble, a good clue is the country’s title, If it starts “The People’s Democratic Republic of….” it’s more than likely to have a dictator firmly strapped into the drivers seat, and my advice is forget it, there are other ways to get the message out than to put citizens of such country at risk.

Use a golden tongue, not a loaded gun,

With persuation, not by force,

Will the peace be won.

Well, that’s it, idea No.1 to save the world – I hope at least some of you will like it and give it a try, I’m going to click the mouse now – hope it will be the mouse that roared! – If not, at least trying to save us is a worthwhile hobby, in the opinion of A Silly old Blogger..