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From: cas@cvl.UUCP (Cliff Shaffer)
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Subject: Re: War is Inevitable?!
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Date: Fri, 2-Dec-83 14:26:34 EST
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> Conclusion: 
> Murphy wins.  When there is the potential for war (i.e., societies with 
> conflicting interests and goals), there is probably no very effective way of 
> avoiding the possibility (or even probability) of war, even though it may be 
> in no ones real interest to fight. 

I agree.  This is exactly what I meant when I said that the nuclear
weapons are an effect of our problems, not a cause.  Clearly we are
in competition with the Soviet Union.  I think this is because of a 
scarcity of resources.  Resources are scare (by definition) because
there is not enough to go around.  There is not enough to go around
because there are too many people.  Hence my conclusion that we should
be trying to solve (and in this group discuss solutions to) the
population problem rather than the nuclear weapons problem.

		Cliff Shaffer
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