Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site inuxc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!fred From: fred@inuxc.UUCP (Fred Mendenhall) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: RE: Space for Peace Message-ID: <1046@inuxc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 00:31:04 EDT Article-I.D.: inuxc.1046 Posted: Fri Oct 19 00:31:04 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 11:01:13 EDT Organization: AT&T Consumer Products Div., Indianapolis Lines: 23 I also doubt that forcing the world to watch real war footage would reduce the risk of war. I think your making the mistake of believing that most of the human race is sane and moral, as you appear to be, and that, therefore, they will react with the proper revulsion to the broadcasts. I have personally found that whenever I thought most of the human race was like me, I get into trouble. More to the point however, of all the people I know that have actually been in War, somewhat more vivid than watching a broadcast, only one has ever told me that it was an awful experience, and that he thought War was the most stupid thing the human race ever invented. If the majority of people experiencing War refuse to rise up in righteous indignation then I fail to see how Television is going to get the job done. Hoping the Human Race is smarter than I think it is Fred Mendenhall