Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekecs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!tekecs!jeffw From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.politics Subject: Random comment and reply about MAD and the Star Wars plan Message-ID: <3988@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 20:07:39 EDT Article-I.D.: tekecs.3988 Posted: Mon Aug 20 20:07:39 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Aug-84 01:18:29 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 9 > As long as the global situation remains two men sitting in a pool of > Gasoline arguing over who has more matches, the world is safe. As soon > as somebody figures they can but up a firebreak, then we're in for it. OK, maybe, as long as both people remain sane. But reason at the pinnacles of power has not been one of the more conspicuous features of 20th century history. The world is not "safe". Jeff Winslow