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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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rshow55 - 08:56am Mar 18, 2003 EST (# 10159 of 10161)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

I've been in a sort of Cassandra position - after a very careful extensive education - much of it supervised, I've said, by Bill Casey.

Casey, if one thinks in graduate school terms - might be thought of as "the thesis advisor from Hell."

Much of my study involved issues of combat - also the theory and practice of deception, where I made important contributions that have been extensively used - and psychological warfare in all aspects and at all levels.

After some difficulties described on this thread with some consistency over some time - I did as I had promised to do and attempted to "come in through The New York Times" - which I have done in a sense - not yet done in some other senses. Naturally, since my specializations have included psychological warfare, some of my postings have involved a theological twist.

Details and the Golden Rule http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md01000s/DetailNGR.htm

9438-39 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.IdMzaU6R6tz.2519910@.f28e622/10977

The golden rule is discussed from a perspective concerned about both God and man in God is the Projection of Mans Unrealised Potential - Discuss 9438-39 quotes passages that connect to issues of (technical and moral) right and wrong - and connect closely to war and peace.

rshow55 - 08:57am Mar 18, 2003 EST (# 10160 of 10161)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

Right now, it seems to me that things could go terribly - but they could also go very well, in many humanly important senses, if people try to do the best they can - in ways they can feel proud about, and can explain.

I'm often afraid that I'm backwards - and just now - I'm very uneasy because it seems to me that if people work at it, a lot of things that need sorting out may sort out well.

One thing's clear. Patterns are sharpening. That's often a very (good-bad) sign.

If this is "N - dimensional chess" some patterns are condensing. (Search Wizard's Chess)

I think it is possible that the Bush administration, wrong as it clearly is from some important perspectives, may be doing some other things very right from others. Contradiction can be a necessary stage in sorting things out - and a contradiction condensed and clarified can be a hopeful call to action. 9332-34 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.IdMzaU6R6tz.2519910@.f28e622/10866

At much lower priority, some significant deletions are noted in 9304 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.IdMzaU6R6tz.2519910@.f28e622/10838 and there are many links mentioning Senator Carl Levin, who I saw and admired on television last night, in 9338-39 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.IdMzaU6R6tz.2519910@.f28e622/10872

Knife or sword fights are classic combat circumstances - and some basics haven't changed since Achilles' time. A few degrees of elbow rotation can make the difference between living and dying. Details matter. It is a good time for people to be careful - or at least as careful as they know how to be.

rshow55 - 09:00am Mar 18, 2003 EST (# 10161 of 10161)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

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The stock market went up yesterday, and I think it was right to do so - if some of the shrinking violets associated with the securities business get on the phone, using connections they have and know how to use - and see to it that some facts get checked.

If people are too sloppy, the stock market market made the wrong move.

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