Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: re: Canadian Military Message-ID: <4958@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 17:51:37 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.4958 Posted: Fri Jan 18 17:51:37 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 18-Jan-85 17:51:37 EST References: <797@ubc-vision.CDN> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 24 > ... Sovereignty does demand strength but the nature of > that strength is no longer military. > ... > Sovereignty does not follow from divine right supported by military might. > Sovereignty follows from social, economic, technical and cultural strength. > It my view, the best path to security is collectively to perfect the skills > required to be successful in our own environment. That is the most > effective leverage against the destruction of either ourselves or our > environment. > ... > I would feel more secure if I were sure that militarism could be made > obsolete. Ghandi and Martin Luther King, Jr. provided hopeful examples. > That is the kind of strength that I look to in this star-wars age. I'm sure this is a great comfort to the Afghans, who are armed with WWI rifles and are trying to fight tanks and helicopters. "The pen is mightier than the sword, but which would *you* rather be armed with in a duel?" In the current world environment, the ability to defend yourself against armed aggression is often one of the skills required to survive, let alone be successful. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry