My generation has conveniently consigned such fears to history. Indeed, with the Cold War tensions of 1983 far in the past and the international order dramatically changed, many people nowadays ask why these memories should concern us at all.
我们这代人轻松地认为这样的恐惧已经成为历史。事实上，因为1983年冷战局势已经过去而且国际秩序发生了很大变化，现在有许多人在问这些记忆还与我们有什么关系。但这个问题的假设条件既危险又错误。