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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 - 12:51pm Nov 13, 2003 EST (# 17527 of 17532)
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.

If someone with high influence at the paper doesn't know it - then the judgement that people expect and trust in a paper that sets itself up as supplying

"All the news that's fit to print"

is badly in need of some basic education.

To judge fitness - sensitivity to everything involved in the question

" Why are people so concerned what anyone would say about them (without their knowledge) ? "

has to be assumed - because that sensitivity is fundamental to any decent judgement of fitness.

http://www.mrshowalter.net/jorian319_Mar20_May26_2003_WrittenOut.htm http://www.mrshowalter.net/Jorian319_May30_toOc9_2003.htm http://www.mrshowalter.net/JorianOnGuardian.htm

lchic - 12:52pm Nov 13, 2003 EST (# 17528 of 17532)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

From a 'management' stance the Blair-Flare indicates a failure to appreciate what should be expected from an employee in a set time period ....

Blair was issuing 'output' to demand

NYT fell down in the 'quality' stakes ... because ...