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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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lchic - 04:59am Sep 25, 2003 EST (# 13941 of 13958)
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Friedman - has concern about 'the dots'

wrt the 'OLD DEAL' start-up countries are protesting about

a playing field that isn't level when the Advanced Economies 'look after' their rural sectors

it was put forward that start-up contries should process from plant fibre (cotton) to finished goods ... to fashion item ... fine ... but how (cost training and set-up) is the infrastructure laid in place to ENABLE

so where do the dots fit in?

what are the dots?

and how can appropriate 'dots'

limit the need for MD expenditure ---

bringing us back full circle to this board

Friedman didn't dither over dots ... he saw that worldwide the disadvantaged are looking for bigger and better dots - a fairer share of world economic pie

lchic - 05:25am Sep 25, 2003 EST (# 13942 of 13958)
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Missile Defense

Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts.

• American foreign policy figures here
• Taxes collected are redistributed
• TO -----> Who gets commissions?

• LOL

• Science .... where do people figure? Go figure!

• Prioritisation -- there may be more important issues -- the ozone layer depletion over the antartic sees a vortex of circling winds that are pulling regular rains south .... leaving southern continents with drought in the 20-35 latitudes

lchic - 05:34am Sep 25, 2003 EST (# 13943 of 13958)
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People are basically 'social animals'

The have a sense of 'fairness'

MD technology can be used for posturing / Bulling

Bullying implies intimidation

Looking at NKorea .... is it the Nuclear Fight Out .... that will resove the situation

or

High level communication leading to agreements that guarantee NK a role and 'place' in the Twenty-First Century?

lchic - 05:39am Sep 25, 2003 EST (# 13944 of 13958)
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All the money used for military expenditure over the past sixty years ... had it been used for peace-ful development .... commerce, industry, development of services .... for the globe

What would now be the status quo

How would worldTrade meets be run

Who would have representation

What would the 'skill level' of the globe be?

If life's about making the right choices

Why - for the world's sake - haven't more 'right choices' been made

Is the world driven by randomness or good planning --- and how are resources allocated?

rshow55 - 05:44am Sep 25, 2003 EST (# 13945 of 13958)
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.

http://www.mrshowalter.net/SP_51_n_Swim.htm

lchic - 05:56am Sep 25, 2003 EST (# 13946 of 13958)
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Showalter - noticed some criticism that you weren't 'straight to the point', that you were slow, repetitive ...

Are these points you're not 'straight to' existing 'points'

or

Are they 'new points'

How long did it take science to get to the 'new point' (Newton) that F=MA
• A matter under active consideration for thousands of years

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