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Missile Defense

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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wrcooper - 11:42pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14490 of 14512)

In re: http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.JWgubmOOL1w.939250@.f28e622/16194

fredmoore

Are you sure you're posting in the right forum? Your post concerned missile defense. Aren't you aware that this is the rshow/lchic decoy forum? Its purpose is to divert their paranoid, repetitious, prolix, preposterous, pompous rodomontade from real forums. It's been quite successful. Don't spoil it, please. Set rshow and lchic to "Ignore".

Actually, I'm quite pleased to see somebody get back on targe. I think that if everybody used the "Ignore List," we could resume a real discussion of the issues. I've set rshow, lchic and cantaab to "Ignore". It works wonderfully. The eye barely pays heed to the "Ignore" notices; twenty or thirty of these valueless posts can be skimmed by in a trice. Let's get back on track.

Nice posts, though I don't warrant I agree with them.

Will

cantabb - 11:49pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14491 of 14512)

lchic - 10:07pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14480 of 14489)

Esso / Exxon / 'the tiger in your tank' There are estimated to be 5,000 tigers (one for every person attending the Howard DEAN (who is he?) Speech in Maddison) in the USA -- ……how can they be expected to appreciate the built in dangers of the less tangible MD system?

Absolutely NOTHING to do with MD , suitable fore another dumpster.

lchic - 10:09pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14481 of 14489)

Preferences Ignore Cantabb

(> sorry mate - there's NO debate)

What's there to debate ? What 's there in posts remotely significant or so far OFF-topic to worth a debate.

Lot better this way [being on "ignore"]. Leaves me free to comment, without having to worry about a response.

B “It got understood and exposed.”

lchic - 10:15pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14482 of 14489)

Moore on America ___ story time ' ... The fear drug works like this: you are repeatedly told that bad, scary people are going to kill you, so place all your trust in us, ………..where there are only going to be a few rich people, and you are not going to be one of them. '

Yet another OFF-topic, totally irrelevant post. Following the pied piper.

This Forum NOT a dumpster for anything you drag in here.

lchic - 10:46pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14488 of 14489)

Interestingly One Sentence Paragraphs are favoured in the original document.

lchic - 10:39pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14486 of 14489)

"" Do not use one-sentence paragraphs.

These post: Absolutely NOTHING to do with the Forum.

cantabb - 11:50pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14492 of 14512)

bluestar23 - 10:19pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14483 of 14489)

Looneychic is getting a little irritated......

Because “It got understood and exposed.”

And no body like to be exposed.

wrcooper - 11:53pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14493 of 14512)

cantabb

I set you to "Ignore" because I tired of your constant battles with other posters over perceived insults. You should ask yourself why you so often get into flame wars with other posters. You often do post on-topic posts, which I've found informative, but more often than not of late your posts have devolved into prickly attacks against what you deem personal attacks against you. It became tiresome to me.

cantabb - 11:58pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14494 of 14512)

wrcooper - 11:42pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14490 of 14492)

I've set rshow, lchic and cantaab to "Ignore". It works wonderfully.

Your choice.

You're NOT obliged to read anything on any Forum, you know.

You can scroll by. I do that too.

Some like to put their head in the sand. Some scroll by. Some take their time to visit with other posters, and then whine. Some would have nothing to do with such things. To each his/her own.

Again, your choice !

cantabb - 12:00am Oct 7, 2003 EST (# 14495 of 14512)

wrcooper - 11:53pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14493 of 14494)

cantabb: I set you to "Ignore" because I tired of your constant battles with other posters over perceived insults. You should ask yourself why you so often get into flame wars with other posters. You often do post on-topic posts, which I've found informative, but more often than not of late your posts have devolved into prickly attacks against what you deem personal attacks against you. It became tiresome to me.

See above !

Your choice: you're NOT asked to justify/rationalize your preference !

Immaterial to me.

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