Now to me as a
Brit this phrase has
completely different connotations.
Trident is a word that either implies a large
forky thing that assorted
sea gods use, or more commonly a type of
nuclear missile. During the
1980s
CND was very active in the
UK in protesting against trident missiles, and
it was rare for a week to go by without the
news reporting the activities of
anti-
nuclear protestors at
Greenham Common or one of the Scottish
submarine naval bases.
So in my mind, a phrase such as "Who Wants Trident?" is inextricably tied up
with the anti-nuclear weapons movement. It calls up images of protestors
standing in fields waving placards and banners, of Glastonbury back in the
days when it was still a CND benefit gig, and pictures of US troops driving
around the English countryside with nuclear bombs on the back of huge
trucks. Definitely no chewing gum though!