Hallelujah! Mike Geary! Morally speaking, who can deny the justice of the statement of a young Iranian interviewed a view months back on BBC who said, "If others are allowed to have nuclear weapons, why not us?" Cynically speaking, who can deny that the most effective strategy for preventing the use of nuclear weapons is MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction), as demonstrated by the Cold War? John McCreery The Word Works, Ltd. 55-13-202 Miyagaya, Nishi-ku Yokohama 220-0006, JAPAN ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html