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From: medin@ucbvax.ARPA (Milo Medin)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Proposal for a Peace Network
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Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 12:08:37 EST
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> How much rogue or hack do you play, Milo?  Why is political activity less
> apropriate than spreading thousands of lines of game source across the
> phone lines?  Because the DoD has use for military simulations?
> 
> Isn't peace the goal of Defense?  Or should the DoD go back to the more
> correct acronym DoW (DOW chemical...hm.)?
> 
> jeff m

Actually, I dont play rogue, or hack, but thats not the point.
Political activity using research machines is not allowed, moreover
it is strictly prohibited in the DCA regulations involving
ARPANET/MILNET.  The fact that they don't pay much attention now
is because it hasn't been an embarassment to them, if political
activities such as those proposed take place, and somebody tells
DCA about it, then they will pay attention to everything going
over those lines.   I'd prefer not having to deal with that
(me being a system manager).  The goals are laudable, but the
rules don't permit it.  Life is like that some times.

					Milo


BTW, the War dept. was just the army and air components,
the navy had its own dept. (the navy dept).