There were even people who expressed their belief that the world was already at peace, and that, by dying spectacularly, the victims of Hiroshima had made it impossible for any sane leader to use nuclear weapons again.
As the head of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, observes: "The spread of nuclear technology and knowledge is out of the tube - and we won't be able to put it back". The world, beyond MAD, has gone genuinely mad; and there is no pat theory, no leftover control system, that can make it suddenly sane again.
The fringe of the party made it nearly impossible for any sane Republican candidate to even mention climate change, let alone vow to do anything about it.
Summarizing the movie makes it sound saner than it is.
After the killing of two Virginia journalists on live television, Trump claimed that those who knew the shooter probably thought he should be "institutionalized," but laws should not make it difficult for "sane people" to have access to guns.
Now it's up to the makers, the designers, the programmers and the dreamers to make it happen in a sane way.
The pulling and stretching is what turns this sticky mess into that light and airy candy that we know as taffy -- and it's this very process that makes it a recipe most sane people wouldn't attempt at home.
Trump went on to say that laws should not make it more difficult for "sane people" to have access to guns and that those who knew the shooter from yesterday's incident most likely thought he should be institutionalized.
That is just the sort of irresponsible, propagandistic argument that makes it so hard have a sane discussion about guns.
"The question is not how challenging you can make your diet but how sane you can make it; there's nothing wrong with animal products in moderation," he says.
