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From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: better dead
Message-ID: <283@looking.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Jun-85 00:00:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  9 00:00:00 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 10-Jun-85 06:53:50 EDT
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Organization: Looking Glass Software, Waterloo, Ont
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Summary: 

I stand corrected.  The proper choice is between the risk of Soviet
domination and the risk of nuclear war.   However, don't forget that
assuming (perhaps a large assumption) we trust ourselves not to strike
first, these risks are the same, for nuclear war would only occur if the
Russians attacked us.  I suspect that Russian attack would be a good
hint of impending Soviet domination.

I called the soviet people slaves, and you felt that was loaded.  Loaded
in what way?  Does it suggest that they are not free to speak their
minds?  Does it suggest that they are effectively the property of the state,
and not allowed to leave if they choose?  Does it suggest that they did
not enter into this situation by choice?  Does it suggest that they
have far fewer rights than those who control the state and thus own them?

I am sorry if it suggested such things.

I am not suggesting that the Soviets are an "evil empire" in the horns
and pitchforks sense, but their government (NOT their people) is a
dictatorship that has a history of attempting to reach out and place
other nations under some form of dictatorial control.  The people of
the U.S.S.R. are the victims of this dictatorship, and if there were
any way we could threaten the dictators and not the people, I would
be all for it.

I agree, a real trust would be the ideal solution.  I don't like the
nuclear arms buildup any more than anybody else.  But do we have any
evidence we can trust the Kremlin?  I wish we did.

-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473