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Feb. 15th, 2006 09:19 pm"Yeah, I picked the Cold War for debate because no one knows about it."
His friend nods. "Yeah."
"The Cold War?" I repeat incredulously. "The Cold War? You don't know anything about the Cold War?"
"It was, like, a nuclear arms race," says another boy dismissively. "Now if it was a Hot War or something, that'd be different. With actual fighting. But the Cold War wasn't even a real war."
"We sponsored wars in dozens of countries!" I shout. "We - you can't just - we sponsored wars in dozens of countries! Dozens of - I hate you people."
His friend nods. "Yeah."
"The Cold War?" I repeat incredulously. "The Cold War? You don't know anything about the Cold War?"
"It was, like, a nuclear arms race," says another boy dismissively. "Now if it was a Hot War or something, that'd be different. With actual fighting. But the Cold War wasn't even a real war."
"We sponsored wars in dozens of countries!" I shout. "We - you can't just - we sponsored wars in dozens of countries! Dozens of - I hate you people."
