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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
- 04:17pm Jan 4, 2003 EST (#
7323 of 7331)
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.
almarst2002
1/4/03 4:00pm - - but the world has to be policed -
and if Russia and China did a more responsible job from
their points of view - and the points of view others
can reasonably have of their responsibilities - sorting things
out would be a whole lot easier.
If the alternative is between chaos, and hegemony - I'd
choose hegemony. But we can do a lot better than that.
rshow55
12/12/02 8:14am - - have Russians and Chinese leaders
thought hard about their responsibilities with respect
to Iraq and North Korea? Not forgetting anything the US has
done, if they remembered their own responsibilities - with
some decenct sense of orderliness in terms of what actually
was done, and symmetry - and made an effort to avoid ugliness
that they should be ashamed of, a lot more would be
possible.
Looking at the situation from the Russian point of view
exclusively - I think that Russia could do a lot better - and
ought to be ashamed of some things. I'd say the same about the
Chinese.
If the Russians and Chinese were doing a better job, George
Bush would have to - and could.
Right now, a lot looks fixable to me - if people keep
tempers under control and take ther time - and
especially if the big powers who ought to be
responsible did a better job of being so.
My eyes hurt, and I'll be taking a nap - but I'll be back
in a couple hours - and will see if I can think of some
suggestions.
It seems to me that damn little thoughtful action from
Russia and China might make a lot of things better than they
are now.
lunarchick
- 04:57pm Jan 4, 2003 EST (#
7324 of 7331)
Thinking has to start with 'needs' ... as in what are the
needs of the people of each nation.
And these relate to people wanting a life's pathway, for
themselves and their children, that offords them the
opportunities necessary to enable a moderately comfortable
lifestyle, with educational provisions, access to jobs,
leisure and pleasure within a stable structured framework.
RS Note: - Monitor see
scroll-here
bbbuck
- 04:58pm Jan 4, 2003 EST (#
7325 of 7331) "You can't eat this, it's people,
it's people"-B....."What about the cherry pie?"
rshow55
1/4/03 8:40am
Wanted to document that for later. As I believe it is one
of the most profound and at the same time funny piece I have
see robert-show-speed-limit-55 I have seen the MD man post.
His follow up post on casablanca and "The Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas" was also a good follow up. Yes it's
clear trying harder to go slow and to order and connect our
symmetricalities will be critical in ordering the world into a
marketable and profitable sector but dots connected and
symmetricalities ordered and appropriately designated
according to strategic levels will not necessarily ensure all
children are fed or all horses are properly "stuffed" like
Trigger was. Stuffed-ness and symmetricallity and
dot-connection do not always meet in a congruence of
ellipticallity. A friend of g.johnson. tia. I think
my foot's asleep.
lunarchick
- 05:11pm Jan 4, 2003 EST (#
7326 of 7331)
If you were orderly-symetrical-harmonious ... you'd have
two!
lunarchick
- 05:16pm Jan 4, 2003 EST (#
7327 of 7331)
This guy has four, that's still symmetrical, and using them
for communication
Additionally the guy has a vocab of 75 ... !
almarst2002
- 06:12pm Jan 4, 2003 EST (#
7328 of 7331)
"the world has to be policed"
By self-appointed, ignorant, arrogant, selfish and coward
"policemen"? With zero responcibility for the outcome for the
policed?
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