Satire is to laugh out sadness

Lois 2021-10-13 13:05:45

Seeing the nuclear explosion in the sound of the last song, I laughed at first, then an inexplicable sadness, which made my eyes sore. Satire is to laugh out sadness. This kind of sadness is the helplessness engraved in people's hearts. To possess means to be possessed. We possess weapons that can destroy ourselves, and these weapons possess us.

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    Title Card: It is the stated position of the U.S. Air Force that their safeguards would prevent the occurrence of such events as are depicted in this film. Furthermore, it should be noted that none of the characters portrayed in this film are meant to represent any real persons living or dead.

  • President Merkin Muffley: I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolf Hitler.

    General "Buck" Turgidson: Perhaps it might be better, Mr. President, if you were more concerned with the American People than with your image in the history books.