"I think it is my generation's responsibility to eliminate the threat to the world. . . ."

Beccy, it is every generation's responsibility to eliminate the threat to the world, and the threat to the world is war itself. So far, every generation has failed. As the power of weapons increases, the threat increases. We have reached a point now where the threat of war may indeed cease because certain members of the human race who have retained disproportionate amounts of their reptile brains are in charge, are hell-bent on destroying each other, and, in the process, have the power to kill everyone. With weapons available now, the "collateral damage" can very easily be total annihilation of the human race and God knows how many other species along with it.

I have reached an age when most of my life is behind me, but I'm hoping for a few good years (decades, perhaps?) ahead of me. But I much prefer to die naturally in my sleep that to go out in a flash of nuclear fire or with some ghastly disease given me by a weapon of war. The events of the Sixties demonstrated that people do have the power to change things. If your generation has any sense of responsibility, then they will do what is necessary to stop this madness once and for all. Beginning NOW.

Don Firth