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From: jjv3345@ritcv.UUCP (jjv3345)
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Subject: Re: Suicide Pills at Brown Univ.
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Date: Thu, 25-Oct-84 16:59:49 EDT
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	As has been stated many times by the people originally involved,
this is a purely SYMBOLIC issue. Therefore I wish we could do away with
useless discussion about whether to stock the pills or not, or how
dangerous the average university chem lab is. My interpretation is that
the important keyword here is "stockpile". Perhaps the Brown students
are trying to make people aware via analogy of the dangers of stockpiling
nuclear weapons.

	Stockpiling nukes === stockpiling suicide pills

	If we continue to produce nuclear weapons at the current rate,
the probability increases that some unstable element of society will
procure such a weapon. Don't get me wrong; unilateral disarmament is
ridiculous. Nor can we stop technological research and advancement.
But I don't see why we need such a HUGE arsenal. Billions of dollars,
perhaps trillions (I can't visualize such an amount, can you?) are
spent on making more and MORE nukes, when this money could be better
spent, say, by reducing the deficit. Can anyone tell me why??

		- Jeff Van Epps
		- ritcv!jjv3345