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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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fredmoore
- 11:25pm Mar 23, 2003 EST (#
10386 of 10412)
Almarst ...
As an example of a thermodynamic analysis of conflict:
Essentially you have in Iraq a human LASER of coalition
forces. As with any laser you 'pump' them with 'shock and
awe'. However you won't get the desired COHERENT output unless
you allow for RELAXATION by stimulated emission. In discrete
human populations this is most easily facilitated by 'smart
music/smart psychology'. The desired coherence is transmitted
to the surrounding population and the events you describe such
as the youths sneering at British troops is less likeley to be
a problem.
Abstraction can be useful in solving problems.
bbbuck
- 11:32pm Mar 23, 2003 EST (#
10387 of 10412)
I'm tired of my slop.
I've just put myself 'On Ignore'.
Just thought my buddies would want to know.
almarst2003
- 11:35pm Mar 23, 2003 EST (#
10388 of 10412)
A Letter from Michael Moore to George W. Bush on the Eve
of War - http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0317-09.htm
by Michael Moore
George W. Bush 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC
Dear Governor Bush:
So today is what you call "the moment of truth," the day
that "France and the rest of world have to show their cards on
the table." I'm glad to hear that this day has finally
arrived. Because, I gotta tell ya, having survived 440 days of
your lying and conniving, I wasn't sure if I could take much
more. So I'm glad to hear that today is Truth Day, 'cause I
got a few truths I would like to share with you:
1. There is virtually NO ONE in America (talk radio nutters
and Fox News aside) who is gung-ho to go to war. Trust me on
this one. Walk out of the White House and on to any street in
America and try to find five people who are PASSIONATE about
wanting to kill Iraqis. YOU WON'T FIND THEM! Why? 'Cause NO
Iraqis have ever come here and killed any of us! No Iraqi has
even threatened to do that. You see, this is how we average
Americans think: If a certain so-and-so is not perceived as a
threat to our lives, then, believe it or not, we don't want to
kill him! Funny how that works!
2. The majority of Americans -- the ones who never elected
you -- are not fooled by your weapons of mass distraction. We
know what the real issues are that affect our daily lives --
and none of them begin with I or end in Q. Here's what
threatens us: two and a half million jobs lost since you took
office, the stock market having become a cruel joke, no one
knowing if their retirement funds are going to be there, gas
now costs almost two dollars -- the list goes on and on.
Bombing Iraq will not make any of this go away. Only you need
to go away for things to improve.
3. As Bill Maher said last week, how bad do you have to
suck to lose a popularity contest with Saddam Hussein? The
whole world is against you, Mr. Bush. Count your fellow
Americans among them.
4. The Pope has said this war is wrong, that it is a SIN.
The Pope! But even worse, the Dixie Chicks have now come out
against you! How bad does it have to get before you realize
that you are an army of one on this war? Of course, this is a
war you personally won't have to fight. Just like when you
went AWOL while the poor were shipped to Vietnam in your
place.
5. Of the 535 members of Congress, only ONE (Sen. Johnson
of South Dakota) has an enlisted son or daughter in the armed
forces! If you really want to stand up for America, please
send your twin daughters over to Kuwait right now and let them
don their chemical warfare suits. And let's see every member
of Congress with a child of military age also sacrifice their
kids for this war effort. What's that you say? You don't THINK
so? Well, hey, guess what -- we don't think so either!
6. Finally, we love France. Yes, they have pulled some
royal screw-ups. Yes, some of them can pretty damn annoying.
But have you forgotten we wouldn't even have this country
known as America if it weren't for the French? That it was
their help in the Revolutionary War that won it for us? That
our greatest thinkers and founding fathers -- Thomas
Jefferson, Ben Franklin, etc. -- spent many years in Paris
where they refined the concepts that lead to our Declaration
of Independence and our Constitution? That it was France who
gave us our Statue of Liberty, a Frenchman who built the
Chevrolet, and a pair of French brothers who invented the
movies? And now they are doing what only a good friend can do
-- tell you the truth about yourself, straight, no b.s. Quit
pissing on the French and thank them for getting it right for
once. You know, you really should have traveled more (like
once) before you took over. Your ignorance of the world has
not only made you look stupid, it has painted you into a
corner you can't get out of.
Well, cheer up -- there IS good news. If you do go through
with this war, more than l
almarst2003
- 11:36pm Mar 23, 2003 EST (#
10389 of 10412)
Poor baby UCK...
UCK..
Same one?
bbbuck
- 11:37pm Mar 23, 2003 EST (#
10390 of 10412)
Yea everybody's seen michael moore's slop.
And thanks for participating in our forums. idiot.
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