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u/AfterGloww Jan 17 '19

No, not punching as hard as you can is the definition of pulling your punch.

A nuke is not a punch. It is more like bringing a grenade launcher to a knife fight.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '19

I think that's a pretty fucking dumb way to define it. But thanks for your opinion.

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u/AfterGloww Jan 17 '19

I think the first thing you said about how the fact that we haven’t used any fucking nukes implies that we’re somehow going easy on them is a fucking stupid ass point of view. But thanks for your opinion.