The use and possession of nuclear arms have been debated ever since the United States first put them on display in August of 1945. Countless people have debated the ethics of such weapons and whether or not they should be allowed to exist. Erika Gregory debates this topic in the Ted Talk titled: The world doesn't need more nuclear weapons. The Ted talk is given by the nuclear refermer: Erika Gregory. Erika Gregory argues that the world needs to rid itself of its nuclear arms. Erika Gregory’s ideas are powerful but are themselves not compatible with the harsh realities of the world we live in. Erika Gregory states that we need to work together to create a date on which all nuclear arms will have been been deactivated. She states the danger
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She states,”We have solid evidence that terrorists are trying to get a hold of [nuclear weapons]. And just this spring when four retires and two taxi drivers were arrested in the republic of Georgia for trying to sell nuclear materials for 200 million dollars, they demonstrated that the black market for this stuff is alive and well” (Gregory). She acknowledges the fact that there are dangerous people in the world who want nothing more than to destroy the world with nuclear fire, but she ignores this fact in her argument against the holding of nuclear weapons. These people want to build nuclear weapons for destruction, not because they desire to defend themselves from the superpowers that hold massive nuclear stockpiles. Therefore, a reduction or elimination in the amount of nuclear weapons in the world would have no effect on these people’s desire to build weapons of their own. Additionally, So long as people are aware of the power held within enriched uranium, there will be a black market. Even if worldwide regulations made it more difficult to harvest uranium, people would still seek it out and be willing to pay massive amounts of money for the power it would bring
She states,”We have solid evidence that terrorists are trying to get a hold of [nuclear weapons]. And just this spring when four retires and two taxi drivers were arrested in the republic of Georgia for trying to sell nuclear materials for 200 million dollars, they demonstrated that the black market for this stuff is alive and well” (Gregory). She acknowledges the fact that there are dangerous people in the world who want nothing more than to destroy the world with nuclear fire, but she ignores this fact in her argument against the holding of nuclear weapons. These people want to build nuclear weapons for destruction, not because they desire to defend themselves from the superpowers that hold massive nuclear stockpiles. Therefore, a reduction or elimination in the amount of nuclear weapons in the world would have no effect on these people’s desire to build weapons of their own. Additionally, So long as people are aware of the power held within enriched uranium, there will be a black market. Even if worldwide regulations made it more difficult to harvest uranium, people would still seek it out and be willing to pay massive amounts of money for the power it would bring