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From: tracy@ihuxl.UUCP (Kim)
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Subject: Re: We've GOT to do somethin' for Peace Dept.
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 12:06:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  8 12:06:14 1985
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> > I'm starting an anti-movement movement called, "Don't give a shit for Peace!"
> 
> > The idea is for every concerned citizen to hold their bowels till it hurts
> > for Peace.  When everyone is walking around with cramps and a sour look on
> > their faces THEN maybe we'll DO something like tell the Russians we really,
> > really, really want Peace and the Pentagon to stop making' those naughty
> > naughty bombs 
> 
> I am not even laughing: the reality is so idiotic it outdoes any
> wildness of Ken Arndt's ironic visions!
> After recent ribbon-laying around Pentagon no absurdity is too much...
> 
> Of course I make all the well-intentioned noises and disclaimers here.
> 					Mike Cherepov

Of course the reality is idiotic, but the reality is certainly not
humorous. This article, I thought was humorous. Not only that, but
it was well-written and fun to read. But to keep our sanity about
this sometimes we have to laugh about it. Perhaps you do not think
it helps to laugh about these terrible things from time to time. I
think that it is invaluable, as long as one realizes the seriousness
of the problem.  Sometimes humorous comments about these things are
entirely out of place. I am thinking about Reagan's comment before
his radio show when he said something like "We're going to start 
bombing in 5 minutes". Now, this comment worries me. For one
reason, he has the power to do such a thing and for another
he intended it to be funny. This comment has probably been brought
up before, but I think it important enough to be brought up again.
It could easily be interpreted that what I have said above is 
contradictory. I think being in the position of the presidency makes
all the difference. Comments?

			Kim Tracy

** These comments are my own and Bell Labs is not likely to claim
them.***

"Who can say, whence will come the day?" kt