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From: jim@cs.strath.ac.uk (Jim Reid)
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Subject: Does CND exist because of totalitarianism?
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Date: Fri, 16-May-86 16:18:06 EDT
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In article <782@kontron.UUCP> cramer@kontron.UUCP writes:
>The idea that declaring yourself a "nuclear free zone" is going to make
>even ONE bit of difference whether war is fought on your soil is so 
>incredibly naive as to be unbelievable.  Since otherwise intelligent
>people claim to believe this nonsense, I am forced to conclude that 
>they do so because they are attempting to create a popular support for
>pacifism.  Totalitarians have always benefitted from pacifism -- that's
>why groups like CND exist.

What's wrong with popular support for pacifism? The more people who object
to violence, the better. We'd all live in a better world if there were
more pacifists. 

Sorry, I don't see the connection between CND and totalitarianism. CND
exists because some nations think it's a good idea to stockpile weapons
that can obliterate the planet we all live on and then threaten each other
with these weapons. Where does totalitarianism come into it? [I'm only a
stupid pacifist, so what do I know? :-)]

It's humanity that will benefit from the CND movement - Raygun and Gorbachov
would not even be trying to have talks about talks about arms reductions
if it wasn't for the massive public opinion against them, particularly in
Western Europe.

		Jim