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 in democracies 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. If we just send it to friends, it should always get a welcome reception, and they might be persuaded to tell people about it and send the message on.

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.

Another easy thing to do is simply to discuss it with anyone who’ll listen, you don’t need a computer or ‘phone to do this, nor do you need to mention me if you’d rather not. I get most of what I’m saying here from multiple on line sources, and I’m getting rather good at sorting fake news from reality. Try to engage politicians in any discussions you are part of, politicians love votes, and if they see a sizeable, hopefully growing, electorate coming to realise what the stakes are and how real the threat is to all of us including them and their families, this will result in better government with policies more aligned with the reality we face. Most of us know a politician or two well enough

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, and tell a friend or two to take a look at : sillyoldblogger.blog

Just a footnote or two before I go off to get some sleep.

!. Some of you who have been following me from the beginning might have noticed that parts of this blog have been edited, in response to some of your comments, in particular, I’ve cut some of the waffle and tried to be briefer.

2. One comment, which I had been expecting since the beginning, and recently got from an old friend,was that this whole thing was started to get lots of views and make lots of money.

So here’s my Financial Policy: Get real, I’m 85 now, at least ’till October – what would I do with a fortune? Fix up the old house a bit, sit on the back lawn and play guitar with new strings and buy some new socks. Most of any excess over that would be spent on having my ramblings translated into, and published in, some of the World’s major languages.

So don’t worry about what I do, let’s get off our backsides and show everyone we can make a difference. Silly old blogger