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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
Newsgroups: net.tv,net.politics
Subject: Re: The Day After
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Date: Mon, 14-Nov-83 20:12:38 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 14 20:12:38 1983
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I haven't seen "The Day After" and I certainly can't speak for freeze
opponents, but some freeze proponents say that the opponents' disconcertion
at the airing of the show reveals their true colors:  if those who believe
in a buildup of nuclear weapons really did so because they thought that it
was the best way to insure peace and because their overriding concern was
a fear of war, they would be quite happy to see a show which made clear the
horrors of the war they intend to avoid.  If instead they suffer from the
old Cold War mentality which unites the ostrich and the hawk, they would
prefer to go on ignoring just what their weapons can really be used for.
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Prentiss Riddle
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