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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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lunarchick
- 04:39am Dec 25, 2002 EST (#
7011 of 7019)
Don't understand you use of the term 'communism' .. which
is about people running systems ... NK appears to be
tyranically top down.
If NK opened up it would fill up with backpackers ...
taking a look ... taking currency ... exploring a
time-locked land.
kalter.rauch
- 04:41am Dec 25, 2002 EST (#
7012 of 7019) Earth vs <^> <^>
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lunarchick
12/25/02 4:11am
What I mean by summary execution is the same afforded to
the Nuremburg defendents......witnesses...written
evidence...eyewitness testimony......and then execution.
Quick.........clean.........SIMPLE!!!
lunarchick
- 04:47am Dec 25, 2002 EST (#
7013 of 7019)
But what if the civillian population has been
hi-jacked, is 'evil' under orders with threat of death ...
then things aren't as simple as you would suggest!
kalter.rauch
- 04:50am Dec 25, 2002 EST (#
7014 of 7019) Earth vs <^> <^>
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the civilian population of slave laborers is one
thing......military jackels sworn to Kim Jong Il are another
lunarchick
- 05:05am Dec 25, 2002 EST (#
7015 of 7019)
Checkbox time!
Leadership
Paid Hoons
Progress of nation
Evaluation of actions that best meet the needs of the
people and lead them to normality
Consideration of viewpoints of neighbours
If the USA withdrew - what would South Korea - left to it's
own devices do to overthrow and restore the North?
MY viewpoint on
balance would have to be that the needs of the majority of the
people - to have a regular economy, to have food and household
goods, to have working-communities, to have status, to have
freedom, to re-kindle friendships of split families has to
take priority over misguided leadership. Normalisation soonest
would be best.
rshow55
- 07:25am Dec 25, 2002 EST (#
7016 of 7019)
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 we're to avoid fighting - we need to understand how we
are to do so - in workable detail. If we're to fight and win -
we need to ask how - and by what means.
We've been emphasizing weapons much too much - though I
don't deny their uses - - and using information - especially
true information - - much less effectively than we could - WRT
both NK and some of our differences of opinion with some
followers of Islam.
We're better at simulation than we used to be - in some
areas - for example - our video games.
We might play some diplomatic games better than we do. I'm
hopeful.
In the ways that matter to me - the ways that I can know
about, I feel that Peace on Earth http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/25/opinion/25WED1.html
is beautiful - and divinely inspired. It makes a point that is
religious and emotional - but nutsy-boltsy, too.
"Have humans ever been able to bring this
entire globe to peace at once? The answer is almost
certainly not. But that answer is no deterrent to trying to
do so.
People have sorted things out before.
I HEARD THE BELLS ON CHRISTMAS DAY http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/h/iheardtb.htm
with words by Henry W. Longfellow .
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
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