http://www.metafilter.com/tags/kidswritethedarndestthings Posts tagged with 'kidswritethedarndestthings' at MetaFilter. Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:20:52 -0800 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:20:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/57227/Samantha%2DSmith In 1982, ten-year old <a href="http://www.samanthasmith.info/">Samantha Smith</a> from <a href="http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/1886761.shtml">Maine</a> wrote a <a href="http://schools.lwsd.org/Smith/our_school.htm">letter</a> to Yuri Andropov asking whether there was going to be a nuclear war. Andropov <a href="http://www.scsuscholars.com/2006/07/back-in-ussr.html">responded</a>, and Samantha accepted his invitation to stay at a <a href="http://www.artekovetc.ru/press6.html">Russian</a> pioneer camp with Soviet children. Tragically, within the following two years both <a href="http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850825-0">the young Samantha</a> and Secretary <a href="http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/1984-2/1984-02-10-CBS-2.html">Andropov</a> <a href="http://www.samanthasmith.info/Nightline.wmv">passed away</a>. <small> (wmv)</small> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.57227 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:20:52 -0800 ambassador andropov child children coldwar diplomacy kids kidswritethedarndestthings nuclearwar peace russia samanthasmith unitedstates usa ussr war yuriandropov goodnewsfortheinsane