Even Indian delegates were thoroughly puzzled by the demand and quietly referred to it as a post-test syndrome. Secondly, far from being awed by the 'scientific' achievement, most members come to nurture some kind of revengeful or killing mentality. This is particularly true with respect to children's response to the event. I also found adults talking about 'other kinds of bombs' or 'newer and more modernized military strategy' to counter the nuclear threat. Indeed, so horrific is the thing that the mind can hardly think anything beyond horror to rectify the thing.
Nothing can be more dangerously pathetic.
The 4 S's are all pernicious not so much for informing and influencing the state as for reshaping and reproducing the already polarized and violent civil society. The further these make their way to the latter, the quicker we all will be living in the nightmarish world of Oppenheimer. The 'death,' for that matter, has entered our imagination and activities, indeed, in a more rotten way than the divine had originally planned. The only consolation at this stage is that with this state of mind and living, the friends of nuclear weapons can go no further. On the other hand, the foes of nuclear weapons can now join hands not only within their own territory but also across national boundaries.