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From: julian@osu-eddie.UUCP (Julian Gomez)
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Subject: Re: Re: ASAT test
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Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 11:31:38 EDT
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> I am completely for the ASAT tests.  Anything that can shoot down nuclear
> missiles before they can kill millions of people is OK by me.  Even if they
> only stop 10%, that's more people that will live.
> 
> I am surprised that so many people see the ASAT program as evil.  We are
> talking about a defensive weapon here.  Why don't you anti-ASAT people
> go campaign against machine guns.  They have killed more people than an
> ASAT ever will.
> 
> Sean

So, supposing that the USA and USSR have 46 times overkill, then the
ASAT will cut that down to 41.4. All right! I'll only be 90% as dead!


ASAT's don't kill people, they just provide a false sense of security.
People kill people.
-- 
"If Chaos himself sat umpire, what better could he do?"

	Julian "a tribble took it" Gomez
	Computer Graphics Research Group, The Ohio State University
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