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[edit] Nuclear Overkill

I take issue with the following phrase:

"Both nations possessed (and still possess) more than enough nuclear weapons to destroy one another many times over — nuclear overkill."

Nuclear overkill is a Cold War myth created by the fictional work, "On the Beach" As described at "http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/82cab/index.html" in the Overkill section, nuclear war could not eliminate the populations of the United States and Soviet Union many times over.

--Diagoras (talk) 09:22, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fictional Section

There seems to be no point to the Fictional section since it does not differ in usage from the so called common use211.10.18.77 09:33, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Also the game screenshots are really pointless211.10.18.77 09:34, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Link Overkill in Article "Overkill"

Is this supposed to be a funny comment on what Overkill means, or why are even the most mundane words linked to other articles? -- 77.7.134.150 16:02, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] example

lol the ant/rocket launcher example is awesome. we need more of this stuff in wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.164.152.2 (talk) 17:00, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


On the other hand, I feel that "A classic example would be a frenzied stabbing where the victim had suffered over 40 separate, deep abdominal wounds, plus deliberate facial mutiliation (e.g. nose or ears cut off) and several deep stab wounds to the victim's vagina." is sort of overkilling the example (a Meta-overkill?). The counting of stabs, and describing various mutilations just makes it gross, and not necessarily "classic" or generic... As the article states, overkill isn't necessarily gross or gruesome, but "In criminal profiling, the term "overkill" refers to the wounds or mutilations inflicted by offenders (especially serial killers), which go beyond what is necessary to kill the victim" I'd say a sufficiently "classic" example would be something along the lines of "a frenzied stabbing where the victim has suffered a very high count of abdominal wounds." By all means, revert my edit if you disagree... Loial (talk) 00:19, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

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