Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!psuvax!psuvm%rbd From: psuvm%rbd@psuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: A question about the "Freeze" Message-ID: <520@psuvm.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Mar-84 12:23:30 EST Article-I.D.: psuvm.520 Posted: Sun Mar 11 12:23:30 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Mar-84 05:19:11 EST Lines: 26 I've asked this question of a number of active Nuclear Freeze supporters and have yet to receive a good reply. The responses I've gotten were more fashionable rhetoric than reason. Let me say right out front that mainly because of those kind of responses I am leaning away from supporting the freeze. A good pragmatic argument on this and a couple other questions could sway me either way. ************************************************************************ The question: Why has the Freeze aroused so much public support while Reagan's "Zero Option" went over like a lead balloon? If we all agree that nuclear war is a clear and present danger to this planet, then isn't eliminating the nuclear weapons in Europe better than freezing their number? ************************************************************************ I don't consider a diatribe against any particular public figure as a reasonable answer. Nor am I interested in an assortment of nuclear horror stories, I've heard them. Its not necessary to convince me that nuclear war is a bad thing. I ask this question in a spirit of open minded and constructive discussion. How about some answers in the same spirit. Larry Riffle RBD@PSUVM.BITNET