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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 - 09:20am Nov 22, 2002 EST (# 6140 of 6151)
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 lot of postings in the day since these postings - but it seems reasonable to me to relink them -
6047 rshow55 11/21/02 9:06am ... 6048 rshow55 11/21/02 9:11am

They refer to these excellent postings:

6037 almarst2002 11/20/02 10:29pm
6038 almarst2002 11/20/02 10:35pm
6040 almarst2002 11/20/02 10:42pm
6042 almarst2002 11/20/02 11:54pm

and

commondata 11/21/02 7:46am

. . . . . . .

A lot of things are being renegotiated. Some old immunities are having to be subject to new rules - for practical reasons. The right to lie is under situational pressure, for instance. Military usages and alliances are under situational pressure. There are blazing contradictions in the affairs of a number of nations and groups that need some adjusting. The posting activity over the last 24 hours makes me wonder how concerned some "powers that be" are about stability - and how much pressure they are under. A lot of things could change, pretty quickly, if some people of rank and some independence asked some questions, and insisted on answers.

lunarchick - 09:36am Nov 22, 2002 EST (# 6141 of 6151)

The right to lie

http://www.spintechmag.com/9812/tl1298.htm http://www.antmusic.fsnet.co.uk/songs/crackpot.htm http://web.utk.edu/~gwynne/lying.html http://www.darwinmag.com/connect/opinion/column.html?ArticleID=366

lunarchick - 09:41am Nov 22, 2002 EST (# 6142 of 6151)

The right to lie ...

"" Solicitor General Theodore Olson testified that U.S. officials have the right to lie to American citizens.

Why? Because, he said, misleading statements sometimes are needed to protect foreign policy interests. "It's easy to imagine an infinite number of situations where the government might legitimately give out false information," Olson said.

http://www.darwinmag.com/connect/opinion/column.html?ArticleID=366

mazza9 - 10:10am Nov 22, 2002 EST (# 6143 of 6151)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

Kalter:

I wish to apologize in advance for an extraneous, non poetic post to the ShowChic forum. Today's Dallas Morning News reports another successful missile intercept! Gee! I seem to see a pattern. Is it possible that the DOTS are being connected?

lunarchick - 10:14am Nov 22, 2002 EST (# 6144 of 6151)

LIE ... but the grave that Ms. Harbury received permission to open did not contain his body
http://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/realpolitics/archive.asp?politics=3436

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Psychology right to lie

mazza9 - 10:24am Nov 22, 2002 EST (# 6145 of 6151)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

Kalter:

I wish to apologize in advance for an extraneous, non poetic post to the ShowChic forum. Today's Dallas Morning News reports another successful missile intercept! Gee! I seem to see a pattern. Is it possible that the DOTS are being connected?

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