[extropy-chat] ray gun

[spike]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-
> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes
> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 9:32 PM
> To: ExI chat list
> Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] ray gun
> 
> --- spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
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> 
> This has actually become a bit of a problem in US military
> thinking.  Sure, people prepare for big-state-on-big-state war,
> just like WWII...but that's not what we're actually fighting
> anymore.

Ja, well I guess we can be thankful for that.  Actually this
sounds like progress.  If we look at the radical muslms vs 
the rest of the world conflict, the numbers slain look 
way lower than in any of the 20th century world wars.

But let's watch this station for a few weeks.  With Israel and
Iran ready to go at each other, I might be much less optimistic
a few months from now.  Europe is trying to decide if it is 
willing to forego freedom of speech or fight.  We may soon 
see if war is going out of style or if humanity is just
getting started in this grim business, evolution forbid.

spike