Hopefully didn't derail too much. Back on target:
The end of life is suffering
Each additional life necessarily produces additional suffering
Suffering is bad
∴
Hopefully didn't derail too much. Back on target:
The end of life is suffering
Each additional life necessarily produces additional suffering
Suffering is bad
∴
The USSR came very close to deploying nuclear weapons against China in 1969. It is quite eyebrow-raising to read both the Soviet statements of their willingness to engage in such actions and the scope of Chinese contingency plans, which caused Mao to evacuate Zhongnanhai.