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From: padpowell@wateng.UUCP (PAD Powell)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: General research for/by the military.
Message-ID: <2255@wateng.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 8-Apr-85 09:42:47 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  8 09:42:47 1985
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Reply-To: padpowell@wateng.UUCP (PAD Powell)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <487@deepthot.UUCP> julian@deepthot.UUCP (Julian Davies) writes:
>Since noone else has done so yet, I'm going to go on record as
>unwilling to accept money from military sources for ANY kind of
>research.  I think we are very fortunate in Canada that CS research in
>universities has not been funded much from military budgets, and view
>the situation in the States with unhappiness.
>  Research aimed at reducing our dependence on weapons (for instance,
>the Build-Down idea mentioned in these columns) should be supported by
>a ministry with fewer vested interests in the status quo, if for no
>other reason.
>		Julian Davies

Julian,   I respect and admire your opinions,  but I am afraid that
this is one subject on which we disagree.  Julian,  if the DOD was to
offer me money for rehabilitation, medical, or other non-death-dealing
research,  I wouldn't hesitate to grab it.

If they were to offer me money to invesitgate anti-terrorism tactics,
CBW,  etc., I wouldn't hesitate to take it.

Why?  Because acting virtuous and trying to wash your hands of a dirty situation
is only one way of dealing with it.

I liken this type of attitude to some members of the "Right to Life",
groups, which are not only against abortion,  but also against birth
control education in the primary/secondary school system,  free birth
control aid distribution, etc.  While the analogy is not identical,
I hope you see the point.

Patrick ("Hmmm...  The IRA is funding research into mail handling techniques.")
	Powell