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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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bluestar23 - 10:34pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15436 of 15451)

Showalter's GuardianTalk complaining:

"Lchic and I have been engaged in discussions about negotiation on the New York Times Missile Defense thread - and the thread itself has been a negotation from the beginining - one that has had serious adversarial aspects in the last few weeks. We're now at the cusp of certain issues in negotiations. With the possibility of conflict significant - with some serious risks for the "players". In as sense we are doing a full scale modelling of negotiation patterns in the presence of threat - strong emotions, mixed motives, and fear."

bluestar23 - 10:37pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15437 of 15451)

"Write the forum moderators, every day if you have to, and register a formal complaint about them..."

Well, I have done this twice and the Mods. have not even sent a reply....

bluestar23 - 10:42pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15438 of 15451)

"I am deeply grateful for this thread, and indebted to the Guardian-Observer for letting me post here."

Disgusting faux-Grovelling from Showalter....

wrcooper - 10:43pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15439 of 15451)

I'd swear the bugger was working for the Bush administration. He's a perfect embodiment of the old saying, "With friends like these, who needs enemies?" I wish the hell he supported the Bush program. I wonder how many people have been swayed to give the Bush program a sympathetic look based on their revulsion for Robert Showalter's anti-NMD posts? At least I'm as sure as I can be he's kept participation in this forum to a low level; people wishing to discuss missile defense or to take an interest in it most likely run screaming when they read his litany of lunatic locutions.

cantabb - 10:44pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15440 of 15451)

bluestar23:

Wonder if WRCooper interpreted your remarks correctly in his post, # 15423.

cantabb - 11:18pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15441 of 15451)

wrcooper - 10:43pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15439 of 15440)

.... people wishing to discuss missile defense or to take an interest in it most likely run screaming when they read his ["Robert Showalter's] litany of lunatic locutions.

Didn't you, as a Forum regular for 3 years, know that from your own numerous exchanges with him ?

Why so much bile now that you "Ignore" him (and others) ?

cantabb - 11:22pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15442 of 15451)

lchic - 09:14pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15433 of 15441)

Cantabb will say 'Where's the MD in that' ... Laura manicures the nails and literature of the guy who has his finger on the button

Don't bother to explain.

You see MD in everything ! Everything you (a "world asset") and your leader drag in here !

bluestar23 - 11:47pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15443 of 15451)

cantabb:

"Wonder if WRCooper interpreted your remarks correctly in his post, # 15423"

It's too hard to tell, as my remarks were vague and allusive and all cooper did was reply as usual to use "ignore" function...which I don't want to do, showalter is not going to push me around....it's him who's going to be on the receiving end....

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