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From: ludemann@ubc-cs.UUCP (Peter Ludemann)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Canada's defence : Doesn't anyone care?
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Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 22:15:05 EDT
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Reply-To: ludemann@ubc-cs.UUCP (Peter Ludemann)
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Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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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.)
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