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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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lchic
- 07:58am Nov 2, 2003 EST (#
16177 of 16228) ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has
to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong
foundation
Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?
When William Tell shot his arrow he militarized space,
terrorised a child ... and hit the apple.
lchic
- 08:02am Nov 2, 2003 EST (#
16178 of 16228) ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has
to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong
foundation
Blue everyone can read and understand .... that sentence
.... but YOU ... take it slowly and try again
usages of the Cold War have compromised the
patterns of trust
lchic
- 08:06am Nov 2, 2003 EST (#
16179 of 16228) ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has
to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong
foundation
Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?
When William Tell shot his arrow he militarized space,
terrorised a child ... and hit the apple.
Tell's small scale project should be replicated to a larger
scale ... at a further distance can we now hit the apple ...
hold it ....
the child is quins
can we now hit the apple, apple, apple, apple, apple
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Hold in there ... the Quins live on MARS
can we now hit the apple, apple, apple, apple, apple
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lchic
- 08:13am Nov 2, 2003 EST (#
16180 of 16228) ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has
to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong
foundation
On the local scene mortgage borrowings have overextended
people, the economy is based around house supply and
renovation, the interest rates are soon to be increased.
replicate this in all economies that have experienced huge
rises in house prices
where building has dominated --- the fall back will be
steep
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Raises the point - how will a rise in home loan interest
rates ultimately affect Missile Defense programs on the global
scale ... if advanced-economies SLOW?
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rshow55
- 08:13am Nov 2, 2003 EST (#
16181 of 16228) 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.
Just above - lchic gave an excellent critique of the
" logic " of our MD programs. We have to learn to make
peace so it works - instead.
From my first day on this thread:
http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md00100s/md266.htm
rshowalt - 07:36am Sep 25, 2000 EDT (#269 of 396)
Human actions work best according to the following pattern:
"Get scared .... take a good look ..... get organized
..... fix it .... recount so all concerned are "reading from
the same page ...... go on to other things."
I believe that elimination of nuclear weapons should
proceed according to this pattern, with details well crafted
enough so that the pattern worked for almost all people in the
world. It would be a major challenge to disarm in a way that
was aesthetically pleasing, and understood to be honorable, by
all concerned. I believe that people are artistically
perceptive enough to meet this challenge.
I believe that we could do it soon, and that we should do
it soon.
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Repeat
Human actions work best according to the following pattern:
"Get scared .... take a good look ..... get organized
..... fix it .... recount so all concerned are "reading from
the same page ...... go on to other things."
We need to take a good look at what happened during
the Cold War - face some things - and fix them. Nobody
should be happier to do that than the people who run the New
York Times.
There's a lot of wisdom in " old stuff " but to get
it right takes sorting - coherence - and fit to purpose.
When reading denials of NYT involvement from some hostile
posters here, I'm reminded of some scences from
The Wizard Of Oz -- Movie Script transcribed by Paul
Rudoff script copyright © 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer. http://www.un-official.com/The_Daily_Script/ms_wizoz.htm
lchic
- 08:17am Nov 2, 2003 EST (#
16182 of 16228) ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has
to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong
foundation
The YELLOW BRICK ROAD to peace starts in the mind .....
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