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From: freed@aum.UUCP (Erik Freed)
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Subject: Re: Call for action on an Alternative to the Nuclear Dilemma
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Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 11:05:06 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 20 11:05:06 1985
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> > 		A CALL TO END THE THREAT OF WAR
> > This statement has been endorsed by Pope John Paul II, the Secretary General
> > of the United Nations, over 125 members of the U.S. Congress, Physicians for
> > Social Responsibility and by 79 Nobel Laureates.
> >   We ask that you join us in this call to end the threat of war by endorsing
> > the principles of the Delhi Declaration:
> >  It is imperative to find a remedy to the existing situation where hundreds 
> > 	Let us raise our voices together in a call to end war.

>      Only very naive people can think that any group of people (including the 
> Pope, Congressman, Physicians, ...) can end war by raising their voices.  As
> long as there is disagreement among the nations that have the power to destroy
> each other, it is in the best interests of each of these nations (and others)
> to do whatever possible to protect themselves.  This protection, in the form
> of developing the nation's defense, seems ironic to some but makes plain sense
> to others who are driven by intellect (as opposed to emotions).  Nobody wants
> a nuclear war, but, as long as there are nuclear weopons pointed at us, let's
> give the people whose finger is on the trigger a reason for not firing the
> first shot!
> 
>      Also, this political campaign is surely misuse of the net (or at least
> net.general), but some people don't consider the *means* when the have an
> *end* to accomplish.

Perhaps you didn't consider the means when you started adding your campaign to
the net. He who is without sin hit the first f key. :-) I think that perhaps
some re-examination of the situation would not hurt any of us... Certainly
depending on a threat only works with some situations and only for so long.

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                           Erik James Freed
			   Aurora Systems
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