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TremendousJudgeyesterday at 4:25 PM1 replyview on HN

maybe they should make the person with the codes black. I think several cold-war presidents probably wouldn't have a problem with that


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brazzytoday at 12:02 AM

The whole damn point behind the idea is to achieve the exact opposite. Make it someone, through whatever criteria, whom the president will have a problem killing, so he'll only do it under the most extreme circumstances.