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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 - 07:36pm Aug 3, 2002 EST (#3465 of 3489)

Your 'corrected' post said as you say (above) - your inital post (later 'cut' by you) said as I say!

wrcooper - 07:46pm Aug 3, 2002 EST (#3466 of 3489)

lchic 8/3/02 7:36pm

Bullsh!t. Showlater said he saved the posts. Ask him to check it. You'll see I never said I worked for RCN Chicago. I don't and never have. Are you faking it, or are you and your Madison buddy as crazy as you come across?

rshow55 - 07:48pm Aug 3, 2002 EST (#3467 of 3489)

She's not faking it. I have the post - and for a reasonable person, the implication was very clear.

wrcooper - 07:49pm Aug 3, 2002 EST (#3468 of 3489)

Post it, then, you freaking head case. Show me what I wrote.

wrcooper - 07:59pm Aug 3, 2002 EST (#3469 of 3489)

rshow55 8/3/02 7:48pm

The key word is reasonable. That, you and your shadow aren't. You're both nutty as hell. CIA. Condaleeza Rice. Bill Clinton. CIA. Etc. You're delusional.

Get help. I beg you.

You are crazy. Let me repeat. You're certifiable.

lchic - 08:34pm Aug 3, 2002 EST (#3470 of 3489)

Who's getting his knickers in a knot Cooper -- my my you're letting the serene image of those 'linesmen for the county' down ...

Loosing it Cooper is something that happens to folks who have much to hide and deny!

Just a reminder re my moniker - it's derived from Lunarchick ... as in living in my living in a timezone distinct from the USA - most often a day ahead. This being so, and the earth being round, it would be impossible for lchic to be a shadow wrt the USA :)

rshow55 - 09:39pm Aug 3, 2002 EST (#3471 of 3489)

wrcooper 8/3/02 7:49pm asks "post it then." . . . The posting Lchic referred to included some other things - well written - and I can post them if anyone is interested. I'll include the writing on the point in dispute. The posting starts:

. wrcooper - 12:28am Jul 27, 2002 EST (#3320 wrcooper 7/27/02 12:28am

rshowalt 7/26/02 10:34pm

"Don't you get it? Nobody of any consequence monitors this forum. . . . . . . . . (Several paragraphs deleted)

" And I am William Cooper, Chicago, IL, wcooper@21stcentury.com, a subdivision of RCN Chicago. You can check that."

. . . .

lchic 7/28/02 3:13pm concluded, reasonably, that Cooper worked there. She wrote . . . . "Look for a mug-shot of Cooper hanging in the main foyer. "

Cooper did correct lchic's impression quickly, in

. wrcooper - 03:43pm Jul 28, 2002 EST (#3344 wrcooper 7/28/02 3:43pm

lchic 7/28/02 3:13pm

"ILLINOIS RCN Chicago (21st Century Telecom Group) 350 North Orleans St., Suite 600 Chicago, IL 60654

"My photograph isn't hanging in the office, but I'm a customer. My email address is wcooper@21stcentury.net. It's an address that was issued only to customers of 21stcentury Cable before that company was acquired by RCN. . . . . "

Between 4 1/2 and 5 1/2 hours later, Cooper removed 22 postings. rshow55 7/29/02 9:34am

Lchic later commented : "Maybe Cooper pulled the post where he said he worked within RCN in Chicago - before later admitting he uses RCN services only! What a Whopper!" lchic 7/28/02 11:02pm

That seemed fair comment to me.

lchic - 09:49pm Aug 3, 2002 EST (#3472 of 3489)

Showalter I have a reputation for being able to 'use' the internet. I've been using it.

mAzzA didn't ring you - did he? No?

One of mAzzA's problems is - he's a compilation-fiction - he just doesn't check out!

Of course you would have checked!

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