Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watnot.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!water!watnot!grwalter From: grwalter@watnot.UUCP (Fred) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Knocking War!!!!! Message-ID: <11265@watnot.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 12:57:08 EDT Article-I.D.: watnot.11265 Posted: Thu Jul 11 12:57:08 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 01:09:26 EDT References: <780@mtuxo.UUCP> Reply-To: grwalter@watnot.UUCP (Fred) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 34 Summary: ??? What's wrong with WAR ??? In article <780@mtuxo.UUCP> 3215rfs@mtuxo.UUCP (r.soyack) writes: > >So remember bitch about little pieces of fetus in you vanishing cream but >STOP KNOCKING WAR!!!!!!! > > Alexander Boneparte We may not like war but one must remember it was war (whether 'hot' (ie. actual fighting) or 'cold') that resulted in a great many of our achievements - both scientific and technological (sp.). I may be mistaken, but didn't the U.S.A. get into the space race in the first place because the Russians put up Sputnik (sp.) ? If it wasn't for the cold war between the U.S.A and U.S.S.R I doubt that we would have gone as far as fast as we did. (for those who say 'so what ? why spend so much in space when you could be feeding people ?' - just remember, the technologies developed are being used to (for example) in medicine to keep people alive longer and better (ie. higher quality).... and there are other reasons just as important (to 'us') for continueing investing in space research.) I must admit a 'hot' war now would sort-of wipe us (the human race) out, But the cold war has fuelled a great deal of research and will continue to fuel research, which can be also used for peaceful purposes. So I see nothing wrong with war, just as long as it is cold (and, of course, just as long as I don't have to fight in it :-)) fred UUCP : {decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!watnot!grwalter CSNET : grwalter%watnot@waterloo.csnet ARPA : grwalter%watnot%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa 'come and get me !!!'