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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Because they see more of a benefit of having troops
where they are, than they see from sending out those astronauts.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=kerry_prez@yahoo.com href="mailto:kerry_prez@yahoo.com">Al Brooks</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 18, 2005 2:58
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [extropy-chat] Great
question</DIV>
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<DIV>Why? Because they value life. Except those lives far far away; or lives
on death row; or lives of those caught in the drug war. They value unborn
life, but after the kiddies are born we can later send them to mediocre
schools, or lousy churches or feed them bad food. </DIV>
<DIV>However we cannot blame politicians because they 'are sinners and
aren't we all'. They have all the bases covered. They are constructionists
busily erecting sand castles.<BR><BR><STRONG><EM> It seems
politicians have little trouble with sending hundreds<BR>of solders to their
deaths irrespective of the desires<BR>of those solders and for no demonstrable
benefit (see<BR>Iraq) and yet there's terrible trouble with letting a<BR>few
astronauts take the risks they would desire to<BR>take. What's up with
that?<BR><BR>~Ian<BR><BR><BR></EM></STRONG></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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