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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
- 09:04am May 8, 2002 EST (#
2083 of 17697) 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.
Something I was hoping to communicate two years ago, and
have tried to communicate since. If you put people into
situations where they have NO way to be human, in their own
terms -- if you threaten them that much - they may shrivel -
Nazis, and people since, have known how to destroy people. But
it is also true that they may fight to the death -- both as
individuals and as groups.
The Israelis are doing some things very wrong - not that
retaliation and deterrance aren't important - but they need to
be calibrated so that they are consistent with the humanity of
people who are involved - - because that is the only way
fights can ever end.
I'm about to take a shot at getting my security situation
clarified -- attempting to talk to a human being, with some
connections -- face to face.
We'll see what happens. Wish me luck.
lchic
- 09:14am May 8, 2002 EST (#
2084 of 17697) ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to
be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong
foundation
Time to get out of that situation where you have had 'no
way to be human in your own terms' ?
Raises the point re the 1% of Americans who are, or have
at some time, worked for the good of their country. How many
others are also left in 'limbo' situations with regard to
their functionality.
lchic
- 09:16am May 8, 2002 EST (#
2085 of 17697) ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to
be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong
foundation
GU MD thread http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?50@@.eea2fd2/0
manjumicha2001
- 10:07am May 8, 2002 EST (#
2086 of 17697)
rshow
I wish the best for that meeting ! It is about time that
you get completely unshackled.
mazza9
- 01:17pm May 8, 2002 EST (#
2087 of 17697) "Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic
Commentaries
Once again, those miserable, no good Israelis are bleeding
all over those poor downtrodden Palestinains. Have they no
couth?
BIG SARCASM ALERT!!!
Lchic: Killed any babies lately? Burned any synagogues?
If only we succumbed to the terrorist's logic,(BIG
OXYMORON), the world would be IN RUINS!
Makes you wonder whether they wouldn't be better off in
IRAQ Or Saudi Arabia, (Or Hell!).
LouMazza and am I ticked!
mazza9
- 02:18pm May 8, 2002 EST (#
2088 of 17697) "Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic
Commentaries
Civilized: A failed suicide bombing and the Israelis take
the bomber to the hospital.
Uncivilized, a disguised Palestinain kills a 5 year old
Jew.
Hey lchic! Killed any 5 year olds in the name of World
Peace lately?
manjumicha2001
- 02:54pm May 8, 2002 EST (#
2089 of 17697)
Lou,
I have a solution to the pal terror problem.....give them
the real weapons (say, stingers and anti-tank missiles and
maybe heavy artillery) and let them fight it out with IDF.
That way, instead of walking into a room to kill the jews,
they can bomb them from 50 miles away (like IDF does) and that
5 year old would have been a "collateral damage"
unintentionally killed (wink, wink to IDF)in Pals' war against
illegal occupation instead of the victims of terrorism. Now
then we will have a clean, good old days kinda warfare and you
wouldn't have a heart attack everytime CNN pops up.
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