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From: chuck@dartvax.UUCP (Chuck Simmons)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re:  Space for Peace
Message-ID: <2474@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 13-Oct-84 19:26:36 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 13 19:26:36 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 16-Oct-84 03:55:40 EDT
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> I have the beginings of a plan that I believe could make a real dent in
> the warlike tendencies of the human race.  It's based on the assumtion,
> supported by our experience during Vietnam, that if people see REAL WAR
> in their livingrooms on a daily basis they will be less likely to fight
> one.

One wonders about the validity of this assumption.  Vietnam seems to have
been a particularly unpopular war.  Perhaps people were "less likely to
fight" becasue Vietnam was widely viewed as 1) a losing war, and 2) a war
in which we were supporting an oppressive government.

Personally, I doubt the existence of "warlike tendencies" on the part of
the human race.  None of my friends are particularly keen on going to
El Salvador or on sending others to El Salvador.  I like the theory that
wars are caused by a select few itching to pull the trigger of their
favorite ray gun.

On the other hand, having a growing archive of live war footage would
help certain filmakers (e.g. the DOD) make films that glorified war,
ennobled war, and helped whip us into a war fervor.

dartvax!chuck