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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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cantabb - 10:06pm Oct 3, 2003 EST (# 14281 of 14288)

fredmoore - 08:30pm Oct 3, 2003 EST (# 14278 of 14278)

More rambling 'in-denial' Schoolyard nonsense!

Back to parroting things, eh ?

Put my posts NEXT to rshow's and see if you can tell the difference ! Not a challenge even to a school boy ! May be you should look up "rambling."

Anything new or original ? Wrong questions to ask you, I know !

“In-denial” ? You’re the one who has been in school yard since your very first post to me. More like YOU are “in denial” !

What’s there for me to be “in denial” for ? Your school yard logic ? I have just been pointing out your location !

YAWN!

How school-yard mature !

Mission complete!

Good. Take five. Whatever you thought YOUR “mission” [assignment ?] was !

It's a pity this question is so obviously just rhetorical. It's answering would give you some insight into why missile defence systems alone will not provide security for any nation in a future world.

How did you come to think of it as a ‘rhetorical’ [hint: look it up in your dictionary, now handy and over-used] ?

You’ve quoted it, but did YOU read it. If NOT, read and answer, IF you can: "So, IF militarized space is NOT “inevitable” [lot of people have long doubted if it could even serve the intended purpose], then how specifically does KAEP [Kyoto Alternate Energy Protocol] help in US “defense” [that ‘missiles’ were supposed to have provided] ? And it relevance here ? [cantabb]"

If you perchance 'wake up' any time, the answers are in my posts going back to ... not the last two weeks (another of Cantabb's numerous 'in-denial' mistakes for which he will never apologise or even acknowledge) ... but to fredmoore - 09:28pm Jun 18, 2003 EST (# 12580 of 14277).

“numerous” ? In just 2 weeks ?

What about yours and your leader rshow55’s for the past many months ? NOT "numerous" ? NOT obsessive rehash ?

“In-denial mistakes” ? : What the heck you’re talking about ?

“Mistakes” and “denial” both have been yours ! Can’t you read ?

If you ever show some maturity I could be persuded to discuss the issues involved. However that would be like trying to give Mme Defarge a humanities lesson ... n'est pas?

“Maturity” ? From a school yard inhabitant ? You haven’t been able to discuss ANYTHING ! School yard behavior – NOT a forum discussion !

ANY response to my question on the relevance of KAEP here ?

Mme Defarge: You still haven’t realized your mistake in the analogy, have you ? Read it, if you can, that is !

fredmoore - 10:26pm Oct 3, 2003 EST (# 14282 of 14288)

cantabb - 10:06pm Oct 3, 2003 EST (# 14281 of 14281)

YAWN!

cantabb - 10:30pm Oct 3, 2003 EST (# 14283 of 14288)

fredmoore - 10:26pm Oct 3, 2003 EST (# 14282 of 14282)

YAWN!

School yard mature, as usual.

Can't justify KAEP in the context of MD, as defined asnd clarified? Nothing new !

lchic - 04:05am Oct 4, 2003 EST (# 14284 of 14288)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, --- the boys are marching --- in teams --- putting out literary work - akka culture

(so said an eminent writer-circuit identity today)

We're each in a team (he ventured)

And the Captain of all the English Teams as in English-English, English-American, English-South African ...

The Captain of all is Shakespeare

----

This begs the question - If Shakespeare were Commander-in-Chief today and acknowledged for his 'generousity of spirit towards humanity' - then:

How would Tudor-Bill handle the 'Terrorist Question', Iraq, and Missile Defense.

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