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From: alle@ihuxb.UUCP (Allen England)
Newsgroups: net.tv,net.politics
Subject: Re: The Day After
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Date: Tue, 15-Nov-83 16:15:07 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 15 16:15:07 1983
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I would like to take issue with some of Mike Kelly's comments.

First off, I am certainly against a uni-lateral nuclear freeze.
I am certainly for the destruction of ALL nuclear weapons.  But,
this will never happen, in my opinion.  I am undecided on a bi-lateral
nuclear freeze as I think this issue is not clear cut.

I think that Mike, in his haste to denigrate the opponents of the
uni-lateral nuclear freeze, has overlooked many valid objections
raised by the anti-uni-lateral nuclear freeze movement.
E.g.
	- Copies of "The Day After" have been made available
	  to nuclear freeze groups for their political use.

	- TDA clearly espouses the view that current US nuclear
	  policy is wrong and will inevitable lead to nuclear war.

	- TDA has not been made available to anti-nuclear-freeze
 	  groups in advance of the network showing.

	- Since TDA espouses a particular political viewpoint, then
	  it should be labeled as a political message.

	- Many of the anti-nuclear freeze groups feel that they
	  should be entitled to equal time to rebut the viewpoint
	  TDA.

I certainly do not support the efforts of groups which are trying
to suppress the showing of TDA.  I personally would not miss this
movie for anything.  But, I will be watching the movie with the
knowledge that it has a biased viewpoint and that the producers
of the movie were certainly supportive of the nuclear freeze
movement.

Allen England at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL
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