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From: scott@SCIRTP.UUCP (Scott Crenshaw)
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Subject: Re: bombing begins in 5 minutes
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Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 14:11:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 15 14:11:43 1985
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> 
> The reason the joke isn't funny to me is that it indicates the sick thinking
> of our president.  No one should joke about destroying an entire country, and
> I think that the president has a special responsibility in watching what he
> says.  The man is irresponsible and, as a matter of a fact, childish.  I log
> this comment of his right along with his idiotic statement about Russia being
> the "Focus of Evil" in the world.
> 
	Haven't you forgotten that what little trust that exists between
the peoples and governmments of the USA and USSR is shot to hell with a silly
comment like that ?  Imagine the reaction if Gorbachav (or whomever) said 
that he would bomb the USA .  The Russians , who have known *total* war
don't take the possibility of nuclear war so lightly.  How can you expect them 
to believe we want peace with them (we do, don't we ?) if we make jokes about
slaughtering them for no reason at all ?
	Grow up, Ronald Reagan.

-- 
(Scott Crenshaw @ SCI Systems , Inc.)  {akgua,decvax}!mcnc!rti-sel!scirtp!scott 
	The views expressed are my own, not necessaraly those of SCI Systems,  
Inc, nor Monty Python.