Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ubc-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!ubc-vision!ubc-cs!ludemann From: ludemann@ubc-cs.UUCP (Peter Ludemann) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: Canada's defence : Doesn't anyone care? Message-ID: <1229@ubc-cs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 22:15:05 EDT Article-I.D.: ubc-cs.1229 Posted: Tue Aug 20 22:15:05 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Aug-85 23:28:43 EDT References: <833@utcs.UUCP> <835@utcs.UUCP> <1226@ubc-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: ludemann@ubc-cs.UUCP (Peter Ludemann) Distribution: can Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 26 Keywords: Switzerland, Sweden Solving our unemployment problem, building up our high-tech industry and defending ourselves. Why not adopt something like the Swiss system where everybody goes into the army, has a uniform and rifle at home and spends time every "n" years on manoeuvers? Or the Swedes, where military service can be substituted by working on environmental cleanup or whatever. The Swedes also have TWO companies which produce sophisticated jet fighters and cars. This is the kind of spin-off I like from military spending. (I do *not* support SDI because my experience with real-time programming leads me to believe that the *very* large, complex computer control system needed for SDI is impossible - at least if you want a reliable system.) With a well-trained citizenry, we could stop hiding under the American Nuclear skirts and become an effective neutral country. Does anyone have any comments based on experience with the two models I mentioned above? (general disclaimer: I don't fully agree with these views, but I wish to throw them out for discussion.) -- ludemann%ubc-vision@ubc-cs.uucp (ubc-cs!ludemann@ubc-vision.uucp) ludemann@cs.ubc.cdn ludemann@ubc-cs.csnet Peter_Ludemann@UBC.mailnet