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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (257027)	5/20/2002 2:57:55 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Just referring in general to the range of radiologic risk and policy, and the difference between the public's risk and responsibility, and that of proponents. There is a big difference. Normally that risk management is taken care of by insurance companies, rather than by false and untrustworthy economics of Congress. A similar fascination will occur in biological and nanotech hazards, in the not-too-distant future. As much fun as those fields are, there will be some brake applied by public interest. IMO, unlike Bill Joy and some others who call for cessation of research, the gov't should continue research in a way that can be accountable for the purposes of defense, and not stockpile further military threats to tantalize warlords worldwide. We've done pretty much the opposite of that ever since Reddy Kilowatt donned the cartoon nuclear costume and Teller mesmerized the Pentagon.