Re: Grumpy Old Cypherpunks

[Jeremiah A Blatz <jer+@andrew.cmu.edu>]

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snow <snow@smoke.suba.com> writes:
> TruthMonger:
> >    My personal view is that the war on DoubleSpeak was lost when we 
> > allowed Ronnie Rayguns & Co. to name a weapon of mass destruction "The
> > Peacekeeper." If we had risen up and slaughtered a few hundred 
> > politicians at that time, then mental freedom would have had a slim
> > chance of survival.
> 
>         Well, considering there was a .45 revolver named either "Peace
> keeper" or "Peace Maker" in the late 1800's or early 1900's, I don't think
> you can blame RR&c for that.

Well, not to pick nits, but it was the peace maker, and it's name is
appropriate. AFAIK, the Peace Maker was intended primarily for LEAs.
You go into a warlike situation, then shoot people until there's
peace. No logical holes there. However, the premise that a large nuke
will keep some 3rd world dictator from lobbing some Exocets at your
ships is, well, provably false.

What, me on topic? never!
Jer

"standing on top of the world/ never knew how you never could/ never knew
 why you never could live/ innocent life that everyone did" -Wormhole

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