June 24, 2012
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Which City Would You Nuke?
I found this on fark.com and I thought it would be a fun discussion.
“You’re the president of Earth. Aliens invade and demand that you nuke one American city.
Which city do you choose?”
I found this on fark.com and I thought it would be a fun discussion.
“You’re the president of Earth. Aliens invade and demand that you nuke one American city.
Which city do you choose?”
Comments (70)
NYC, population control. And just the chaos.
I’d try and nuke the aliens….
Immediately change the definition of city to anywhere with a population of 1 or more and then happen to nuke them as they are out leaving for vacation – with all their things.
works right?
St. Louis.
BOMB MECCA.
(Or: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iKuMVqht4U&feature=related)
I was going to say Pyongyang but American? Hm, have to think about that
Las Vegas.
Oh, American. I wouldn’t bomb my own country. That’s fucked up, Dan. I’m gonna tell Prez OblahBlah on you, and he’ll probably give you a Nobel Peace Prize for it. because that’s just the kinda commie he is!
Houston?
I kid!
Nuke the aliens!
I’d just say no.
Where do you live again?
just one?
@beasit - I’d do the exact same!
D.C?
Malaysia.
@Thatslifekid - haha that’s just diabolical
Boston of course – the absolute filthiest, nastiest, white trashiest shit hole on the face if this entire fucking planet.
Circumcise South Florida.
The mother ship.
As a Canadian would i be allowed to choose also ?
Radiator Springs
Kind of a silly question, since nuking one city destroys much more than that.
Sandusky
I dont think I’d nuke an American city, but if it was the world–Pyongyang.
i don’t know…i hate minneapolis but i don’t know how safe my home would be during the aftermath.
It just goes to show you the most “alien” thing in this world is someone who plays God.
That sounds like a trick question for a man who really loves America:
President Obama.
I’ve decided that these aliens are from a reality where they rule America so I’ll just go there and nuke their capital.
I’ll trade the atomic bomb for one of their cool spaceships. then the aliens can blow up the entire earth while I fly around the universe
This is the worst question you have posted.
I understand the premise, as it has been done in several sci-fi projects, including ID4 and a John Ringo series.
Understanding alien technology like I do, I would use neutron weapons on DC, with follow-up strikes on NYC and LA. As we are talking about illegal aliens from outer space, the survivors would be given green cards and told to clean up their mess and then tax their pay to cover the cost of rebuilding.
Remember that this is sci-fi. Got to have fun with it.
Detroit, Michigan. or Chicago.
I would nuke a ghost town in Oregon…since no one is there anyhow…why not just get rid of it?
If aiming at the aliens wasn’t a possibility, even as a futile attempt (i.e., I HAD TO choose an American city), Washington, D. C. almost certainly.
Newburg NY. Highest crime city in NYS.
Detroit
I’d nuke the aliens.
@Megabyyte - Naaah, you weren’t kidding. I’m from there and heck, I would nuke it, too.
Does it have to be a major city though? If yes, then I would say either… Milwaukee or Madison, WI.. Heck, as much as I love cheese, I would probably nuke that entire state.
Even if I did accept the ridiculousness of that hypothetical situation, I wouldn’t nuke anything just because they said so.
Well since the aliens are invading, they are somewhere in America…
The Vatican is the real problem.
Pittsburgh or Philly. Or Boston.
Just one? New Jersey has too many to pick from.
I’m not going near this one, Dan!
Barrow, Alaska (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow,_Alaska ). Never heard of it before until I looked it up, but it seems logical if you *HAD* to nuke an American city. It’s population is only a little over 4,000 and it’s the northernmost city in Alaksa. So you have a VERY small population density in the area surrounding it. That’s still not to say radiation can’t eventually drift into more populate areas, but at least it would probably be a bit more diffuse than if you nuked something in the continental US (or especially anything in the Eastern US for that matter). It may not be the best possible choice, but probably one of the better choices when it comes to minimizing deaths and health problems after the fact.
Whatever city Sarah Palin is in right now.
That little peice of Kansas that’s looks to be geographically the middle of the united states. Or anywhere in asia.
Why does it have to be a U.S city?
Roswell. =) Kind of a kick in their own ass, wouldn’t it be? Or Nome, Alaska. =)
Husband says “Dallas”.
The city that decides to take up the question which city should we nuke.
Not nyC!!!!!
Move all sex offenders and pedophiles and murderers and sociopaths to Scottsdale. Problem solved. NEXT!
San Francisco i beleive; placing the Bomb at the DA’s office.. rapist loving bastard.
Newark! In fact can I just nuke all of New Jersey? Pretty please?
detroit.
chicken, alaska
The President of Earth does not negotiate with Terrorist or Aliens.
Newark, New Jersey
Most likely New Orleans.
First choice: Washington, DC , for obvious reasons
Second choice: Salt Lake city: IRS headquarters
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San Fransisco. It’s a trash whole with not a single person capable of rational thought.
d.c. sounds like a good place to start.
@DrummingMediocrity - So what is Obama – a communist or a socialist? The problem with repubitards is that they do not even know that the two are mutually excusive! LOL
@Captric - I’m not a Republican. For someone who accuses another of generalizing groups of people, it’s pretty audacious of you to assume I am based on the fact that I’m criticizing this president. Believe it or not, the world is not made up of dichotomous affiliations.. To answer your question, Obama is implementing socialism to impoverish the nation, in what appears to be a blatant effort to instill Lenin-style Communism.
Lincoln I guess. Do people still live there?
Boston. A couple million fewer socialists.
@Captric - I still have my college sociology text book hang on… ”Socialism was proposed by Marx as an intermediate step from capitalism to true communism. In a socialist society, economic institutions would be centrally planned and operated since ownership of all enterprises rests with the same entity, the government. Socialism does not usually abolish private property altogether. Marx looked beyond socialism in his writings to a system of communism that would totally abolish private ownership. All would share in the production of the societies goods and would enjoy them afterwards. No major society operates under this model, though many – most notably the Soviet Union and China – operate under the socialist model.” (Sociology An Introduction, Earl R, Babbie)
So, long story short, socialism and communism are NOT mutually exclusive. Communism is just a more extreme version of socialism.
The people who said DC aren’t thinking. Yeah, you’d get all the useless politicians we have there now, but to completely wipe out our system of government is not an anwser. Living in eastern WV, the fallout would be awful for me and millions of other people who have the misfortune to live so close to DC.
Anarchy is not a good choice for our country. But as aliens are invading, I suppose that point is mute.
I’d go with the guy who said Barrow Alaska. Or Lania City, Hawaii. There are only 3000 people on the entire island and, being in the middle of the Pacific, the fallout would be minimal to the rest of humanity. I’d try to evacuate either location first, if I could.
I guess most people would not choose to destroy a vacation hot spot (the rest of Hawaii may become unihabitable for hundreds of years.) This is why most people would not make a good president- they’d be useless at making tough decisions.