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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 - 07:18am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15861 of 15884)

fredmoore - 06:31am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15858 of 15859)

Never coined a word, cantabb? No I don't suppose you could comprehend anything that sophisticated.

You can't even use the words correctly -- forget, 'coining' one.

Unless you think your incorrectly used, misspelled words are 'coining' them ! Makes sense in barnyard ?

The only words you have coined so far as I know is "cantabelle" (just as "sophisticated " as you can do in your schoolyard).

The others, perhaps NOT as "sophisticated," have been:

"Irregardless," "Biggoted," "Hipocracy" and "Chukkle" !

Your rationalizations are not only lame, but also laughable after-thoughts (quite reminiscent of Mme Lafarge/Defarge exchange):

Hipocracy -- attempts at ruling a forum by shooting from the hip.

If you think my comments (carefully documented) were "shooting from the hip," you don't know what you're talking about -- even AFTER such a poor face-saving air-slobbering (not -brushing) of the picture ? Pathetic {look up, you might see a picture you'll recognize)!

Biggotry -- attempting to make oneself biGGer by abusing others and then denying that kind of behaviour is stricly out of the barnyard.

You think it makes sense ? Perhaps in a veld-barnyard.

For a person who has been overtly hostile (with name-calling) right from his VERY first post to me, you are at least being consistent -- still nursing the bruises during our exchanges, without learning a whit !

I think I have summed you up ... there is no more to say. You are clearly a legend ... in your own mind ... and obviously nothing anyone can say will bring you back to reality.

You forgot "chukkle" ! I'm sure you can come up with another equally rational explanation for it too.

So ... nit on and C#ck-a-doodle-do and Off with Rshow's REveramond head! YAWN!

Sleepy time in the veld-barnyard !

cantabb - 07:21am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15862 of 15884)

fredmoore - 07:00am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15860 of 15861)

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Preposterous nonsense!

More of the same old slop!

Anything to do with MD here?