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From: luigi@hplabsc.UUCP (Luigi Semenzato)
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Subject: Viewpoint
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Date: Wed, 23-Nov-83 17:30:48 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 23 17:30:48 1983
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Indeed the best part of TDA was the following discussion. I didn't
find Schultz's interview particularly brilliant, but some of the
other speakers made me feel A LOT more confident about the future of
humanity.

I was expecting the military guy (Gen. Scowcroft, I think) to have
a much narrower view of the situation. Instead, he had a very clear
idea of the meaning of "deterrent", and a very realistic approach
to the problem. Same with McNamara. I didn't like too much the other
anti-freeze guy, the one who spoke first: he seemed to have some
preconceptions.

The two persons who totally disgusted me were Sagan and the other
one, the "humanist", who kept saying "I am scared, I am scared to
death!"  Sagan only insisted on the disastrous effects of nuclear
weapons, and on the necessity of "getting rid of them", without
proposing any *sensible* way of achieving this goal. I believe that
that type of "pro-freeze" behaviour is actually the most dangerous
one. It appeals to human emotions, with little consideration for
the intellect.

Luigi Semenzato - Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
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