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From: davest@tektronix.UUCP (Dave Stewart)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: Pie From the Sky
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Date: Thu, 11-Sep-86 13:47:18 EDT
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	It seems to me that the upshot of `Pie in the Sky' was that the
reasoned response was to prepare yourself for the worst by getting
yourself in shape physically, learn all sorts of survival skills and
be ready to jump for your hidey-hole when the big one comes.  (Although
this might not have been in `Pie in the Sky' I *know* it was expounded
by Heinlein in one of his magazine essays).  This is highly motivational
and quite noble.

	However, in light of the current view of the ecological impact
of an all-out nuclear exchange, it would not matter where one is located
on the planet - it's probably lights out.  WAR DAY and all aside, it
is naive to think that the survivalist approach will work.

	Does this imply that Heinlein is naive?  Possibly.  However,
RAH is one of those authors who is not afraid to make outrageous
statements in order to evoke reaction.  I respect him on this, even
though I strongly disagree on most of these stated opinions (especially
his statements on religion).  There is some benefit in this: after all,
it gets people off the fence and into the arena of discussion on
crucial issues - and there is no more crucial issue that I know of than
racial suicide.

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David C. Stewart                          uucp:    tektronix!davest
Unix Systems Support Group                csnet:   davest@TEKTRONIX
Tektronix, Inc.                           phone:   (503) 627-5418