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From: majka@ubc-vision.CDN (Marc Majka)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Peace at any price
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Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 11:14:46 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 19 11:14:46 1984
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> Yes, we ( homo sapiens ) certainly are a bloodthirsty bunch. Unfortunately,
> this is something that members of the peace-at-any-price school of thinking
> ( especially those advocating *unilateral* nuclear disarmament ) either
> don't realize or tend to ignore.
> 
>                                             J.B. Robinson

The sentiment that Jim expresses here bothers me greatly.  I hope that he
hasn't been misinterpreting my reasons for calling for ANY kind of nuclear
disarmament, unilateral, bilateral, or multilateral.  I do not advocate
"peace at any price".  This would be a blindingly ignorant point of view.
The problem with the present level of nuclear armament is the price of a war
fought with these weapons.  The price of that war could well be the
destruction of all life on earth.  It is THAT price that I am unwilling to
pay.  The price of peace based on disarmament is a pittance in comparison.

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Marc Majka