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Do We Really Need Space Weapons?
tcd004 writes "The U.S. military is developing technology to disable, jam, and even destroy enemy satellites. But are space weapons necessary? No, says Michael Krepon, director of the Stimson Center's Space Security Project. He argues that developing space weapons is a surefire way to launch a new space weapon race.
"P.s. I am NOT a crackpot." Yes you are.
cause distress to many who feel that space should be kept pure, untouched by the dirty and unwholesome aspects of human existence.
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$500 litering fine, in space
Us polluting space is like me spitting into the ocean. The size and vaccuum of space does not really care to much about our PUNY attempts at pollution. With laws of conservation and energy, we are just moving an object from one area to the next - it was already there.
Presently there is absolutely nothing we can do to harm space. Even if we managed to create a black hole (as attempts have been made) the worst we could do (assuming we could muster enough energy, which we can't) is destroy our planet, maybe annoy the Sun. Oh wait, we can already obliterate life on this planet...
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Who is ScuttleMonkey?
This is of course obviously true.
CAFTA?
Free trade? Ask the average person, "Is free trade a good thing?" They'll probably say yes. Then ask them, "What is free trade?" A few will probably know, but not many.
So let's name a bill that brings more state regulation as a "free trade" bill. When really the only was it's a free trade bill is because it deals with free trade...in an antithetical manner.
Then the editorials and columnists section can say, "In the debate of the new CAFTA bill we must remember the benefits of free trade. La de dah Wealth of Nations la la la comparative advantage. We should pass this free trade bill, CAFTA, because free trade is good for everyone."
As a side note(since this isn't really on topic anymore), the bill still faced quite a bit of opposition I see maybe people did see through this naming scheme, which I doubt. I guess many have grown disillusioned with "free trade," which I don't hold against them seeing as to what marches under the banner of it now.