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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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jorian319 - 05:28pm Nov 3, 2003 EST (# 16373 of 16383)

Two guarantees:

1) They could not care less what's in your interest.

2) If it's in their interest they'll do it.

Please spare us the agony of watching you figure that out.

bluestar23 - 05:37pm Nov 3, 2003 EST (# 16374 of 16383)

"The NYT had quite a big role in getting me into a mess"

for the THOUSANDTH TIME, Showalter.....WHAT SPECIFICALLY did the NYT DO in its "BIG ROLE" that got you in a "mess"..? WHAT did they DO????

bluestar23 - 05:44pm Nov 3, 2003 EST (# 16375 of 16383)

Missile Defense Made Simple:

All we have to do is write to someone in a High Position at NYT, and convince them that after much Hard Work, the Corpus has come up with a Win-Win Solution to an Important Problem.

The next step is Naming names, or Checking Into who is actually in control of all those missiles.

Finally, NYT puts them all under House Arrest. Elegant, simple, effective, safe and affordable!

(Oh yeah, and Fair, too!)

Ha! Once again Jorian's sense of humour saves the day....

bluestar23 - 05:56pm Nov 3, 2003 EST (# 16376 of 16383)

Showalter is retreating into his most convoluted, confused syntax and repetition, with endless generalities....

katetimes - 06:31pm Nov 3, 2003 EST (# 16377 of 16383)
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