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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 - 08:41am Sep 13, 2003 EST (# 13638 of 13638)
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 often post on Guardian Talk fora . . . Jorian319 seems to feel that is dishonorable -that I'm cheating - and by some standards - you can argue that. It would be good to clarify those standards.

I opened 2003 on this board with 7177 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.AFAgbGhiFsF.8906564@.f28e622/8700

"I think this is a year where some lessons are going to have to be learned about stability and function of international systems, in terms of basic requirements of order , symmetry , and harmony - at the levels that make sense - and learned clearly and explicitly enough to produce systems that have these properties by design, not by chance."

And said that "If people with real influence wanted to check the claims about facts and relations on this board, according to procedures set out, for instance, in http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/296 .

Was that cheating?

Is attribution of insanity cheating - or is it justified, righteous punishment - that hurts, and is intended to hurt? You can argue either way - on the basis of different assumptions and weights on what is important.

Are hostile acts and statements that people "don't intend to be hostile" mistakes - or repressions for which they are significantly responsible?

We need to be clear about what people mean and how people feel about cheating - and people often need to get clearer themselves. Otherwise - things that need to be worked out can't be.

People all over the world are angry with the Bush administration because they are convinced that it lies and cheats much too much and much too often. Foreign Views of U.S. Darken Since Sept. 11 By RICHARD BERNSTEIN http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/11/international/11OPIN.html shows a survey Unpopular America - that indicates clear failure of the Bush administration to do jobs that the reasonable defense of the United States requires.

We have things that need to be fixed. It is patriotic and loyal for me to say so.

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