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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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rshow55 - 03:14pm Nov 7, 2003 EST (# 16771 of 16789)
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.

Because he's acting as if he's representing the NYT - about 1100 postings ago, Cantabb said this: "And, had you written THAT "short" "well-crafted" letter to him and called him, as you had been planning to do, you would have returned from NYC by now, after a visit to CIA, FBI, Rummy, GW, Rice and the whole gang-- and their stand-ins." http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.UI05bfDvWag.0@.f28e622/17354

- He's taking a role as a representative of the New York Times - and if it is an unauthorized role - well, it seems to me that Sulzberger would be concerned. Most responsible executives would be.

To oscillate between a "responsible" and "irresponsible" stance - making points as if he represents the TIMES - is no credit to the TIMES.

jorian319 - 03:17pm Nov 7, 2003 EST (# 16772 of 16789)

Why should it be out of bounds to speculate on how NYT would behave?

I've done so, you've done so, many others have done so.

The only difference AFAICS is that cantabb's speculation was directly related to YOUR behavior.

rshow55 - 03:18pm Nov 7, 2003 EST (# 16773 of 16789)
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.

I don't think it was in the NYT interest to have so much defamation on this board that I felt complelled to post 16724-16729 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.UI05bfDvWag.0@.f28e622/18439 publicly. With the kind of competence that The average reader of the New York Times has and expects - this thing could have been resolved easily a long time ago. As it stands, there really could be a fight.

Bad management , I'd say.

rshow55 - 03:22pm Nov 7, 2003 EST (# 16774 of 16789)
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.

For my part, I'd have felt better, going to a nice conference this weekend in Madison - with this thing settled. As it stands, I'm going to have to answer questions I'd rather not - and maybe the NYT would rather not have me talk about. I'm not sure what conciliatory thing I can say . .

http://www.mediareform.net/conference.php

Some big names are going to be there.

rshow55 - 03:38pm Nov 7, 2003 EST (# 16775 of 16789)
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.

People feel differently - but I don't know of anything in the correspondence set out in 16724-16729 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.UI05bfDvWag.0@.f28e622/18439 , or linked to it, that I wouldn't feel comfortable explaining to anybody in my family who was interested - or any of the people they cared about. I think the average reader of The New York Times would find what I wrote - and my behavior - understandable - and surely not crazy.

Just now, I'm going to get a haircut, and get labels for a few disks I'm going to have on hand - in case I can find somebody who is interested. I need to be ready for that meeting. Not that anyone will want to converse with me - but you never know.

klsanford0 - 03:43pm Nov 7, 2003 EST (# 16776 of 16789)

This thread has degenerated into the most ridiculous one in the whole NYT stable of hundreds of Forums....one lunatic shouting about secret "meetings" with New York Times...while claiming that every poster works for the NYT!!! Thank God this idiotic thread will be put out of its misery in a few short days....at least that will shut up this lunatic rshow55..

jorian319 - 03:50pm Nov 7, 2003 EST (# 16777 of 16789)

....at least that will shut up this lunatic rshow55

What makes you think so?

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