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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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rshow55 - 08:16am May 30, 2003 EST (# 12207 of 12209)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

A point some may think is "corrupt" to make.

For long term stability - relationships need to be reasonably balanced to circumstances in terms of both status and money.

The TIMES - and I, and everybody involved should be not only adequately praised (or blamed) but adequately paid for the work done - in the situations that are and were actually involved.

In ways that could be honestly explained, without inappropritate apologies, to anyone with a reasonable right to know if they ask - and in some circumstances - that's everyone.

Building the railroads had a lot of problems like that - not perfectly solved.

These are problems of complex cooperation. And decency. And humanity. And honest accounting.

I'm proud of my work, all in all, problems and all - and I don't minimize the problems and mistakes I've made.

Journalists have their problems, too - but on balance - I'm proud to take The New York Times and people at the TIMES have a right to be as proud as they usually are of the fact that they are on the TIMES team - and have the positions that they have on it.

Though they might learn a lesson from Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower scared the piss out of everybody near him, when he was command, for very good reasons - and he made damn sure people stayed "respectful" (fearful) .

But for that to work - he had to earn his rank, every day, and he had to WORK - and work hard - to be approachable.

The NYT has some such problems, too. And they also have problems with indirectness and theatricality, as well.

And the NYT is the best journalistic team in the world. Everybody in the business who is honest knows it. Nobody should forget it.

But not perfect. Neither is anybody else.

rshow55 - 08:40am May 30, 2003 EST (# 12208 of 12209)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

#161 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.yfpvbzFHcbe.2734136@.f28e622/193

For happy endings, people need to know how the story has gone. And what happy ending might look like.

How a Story is Shaped http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/ducksoup/555/storyshape.html offers a pattern - -

how can the story be set out -- to a happy ending?

The stages are :

Status Quo . . .

Initial Problem . . .

Exposition . . .

Complications . . .

Crisis . . .

Climax boom, crash -- . . .

Denouement . . .

Description of New Status Quo . . .

New Status Quo

We especially want to avoid a "Climax, boom, crash" that ends the world . . .

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For some thoughts pertaining to Status Quo . . . Initial Problem . . . Exposition . . . and Complications . may I suggest the Farewell Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower? http://www.geocities.com/~newgeneration/ikefw.htm

The things Eisenhower warned against have happened - he watched some of them happening after he left to Presidency. We need to deal effectively with what has happened, in practically and humanly effective ways that we can all be proud of.

That's possible from where we are now.

lchic - 09:08am May 30, 2003 EST (# 12209 of 12209)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

""If the coming generations of leaders refuses to honestly confront the denial of justice or truth ... our nation will surely lose its way," Sir William Deane 22nd Governor General (retired) Australia

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/30/1054177705091.html

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