Still visibly angry, I clench my fists as saliva drips down my nutsack...

It's time to return to Gamemakerdom. A buttnude such as me cannot allow anything less.

We need to calm down and think. Just calm down. If you get too angry, you'll irrational.

Calm down and use Gamemaker.

It's just a joke.

I don't know that it hasn't been done before. Care to throw a citation my way?

Depends on how much damage they do just existing. Also, when did I say it was "safe"? I merely have been implying that it's a viable alternative to coal plants. None of this garbage is "safe." I'd much rather have all solar power, wind power, and other such things, but those aren't viable yet.

It's not irrelevant to me at all. If we're talking about viable alternatives to coal and oil in terms of energy, then nuclear is a big contender. Right now, at least.

I want to know: compared to the best implementation of coal plants, how does the best implementation of nuclear plants compare? I feel this is important. Rather than just giving up on nuclear, what we should strive to do is make sure that the plants are safe. Just like we should do with coal. Or anything. And if we don't, whose fault is that, really?

I guess what I'm asking is: how often do our current best, well-maintained facilities malfunction? Even if you listed all of the "disasters," there'd only be a few. And those would typically be the bad ones.

And compared to coal?

But you'll have to explain: how many people died in each of those?

Furthermore, citing a few examples after I criticized you for only citing one likely isn't going to change my mind. You'll need to cite a lot more than that, they'll need to be examples of our best technology malfunctioning, and it'll need to have been a disaster. Not just a partial meltdown where no one died. If you expect to convince me, that is.

Therefore, it never happened.

But when did I say one was?

The Earth is only 6,000 years old! Therefore, this doesn't exist. Or God just planted evidence to test our faith.

Oh, it doesn't end there. All the pollution kills many more and degrades the general quality of life.

Sorry, but to me, as long as the plants are properly maintained (and even if they're not), the chances of a disaster are small enough that I'm willing to take the risk.

Poorly maintained, poorly planned, and but a single example.

A mistake? I thought it was clear that it's all a big conspiracy to make you look stupid on the internet.

No, it was the result of misreading a comment. Go figure.

Right. And I stand by my subjective use of the word "pedantic." There's nothing wrong with changing your argument.

Uh... okay. I've got to admit, you're good. It's all one big conspiracy.

Yeah, you're really taking my comments too seriously. You seem (from my point of view) to be getting offended about absolutely nothing, and interpreting everything as an "attack." I did not mean it that way, and I don't know why you think I did.

I already explained: whether someone is pedantic or not is subjective. Therefore, it is only my opinion that you're being pedantic. And I stand by that.

Oh, I see. Is that all it takes to make someone a "moron"? Have you ever made a single mistake? Did that make you a "moron"?

Oh, I see. You're misinterpreting me. I said I thought you were being pedantic by interpreting his statement literally. You seemed to have taken it to mean, "The US and everything it does is absolutely evil." I said: I'm sure that's not what he literally meant.

Again, a misinterpretation. I was talking about labeling you as "pedantic."

Then I don't know what to do. Let's all just live in caves, seeing as how even coal plants are extremely dangerous when something goes wrong.

Honestly, this "Something bad could happen. Ban it!" mentality is, in my opinion, just plain paranoia. There aren't enough accidents to warrant it.

I don't see any good reasons for them. They're being overly paranoid about unlikely scenarios (unless the plants are poorly taken care of and old).

I think you're taking my comment a bit seriously here. "Blatant lie"? Really? What would I have to gain from that? Perhaps it was just a mistake?

And what did I ignore? Perhaps I just accepted the mistake and moved on.

Why? Do you mean everything you say literally? Unless he said that's exactly what he meant, how would you know? And even if he did mean that, why would you think he's wrong? Depending on his definition of "evil," they may very well fit into it.

I say again: "Have you ever said, "I hate you" to someone who you got into a fight with (whether or not you did, it happens)?"

Not everything everyone says is meant to be taken literally, you know.

Actually, it's not baseless: "pedantic" is a subjective term. I am of the opinion that you were and are being pedantic.

Oh? So you're pretending to know what I think now? I could easily do the same to you.

Not even remotely related.