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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (96629)	4/28/2003 11:45:53 AM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 281500

"I think as one moves further up the social food chain and bureaucracies pile up, preservation of the system becomes more important than the welfare of the people who make up the system. " Sometimes folks who do this are unaware of the consequences. Since Watergate/vietnam/internet things have gotten better but back in the 50s we were all so naive--military industrial complex and all.

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (96629)	4/28/2003 2:39:49 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

OT-sorta~You obviously didn't grow up in the 50's. A-Bombs were a new thing then... They even had viewing stands not very far away from the testing range. They were concerned about people's eyes from the flash, and the "wind" damage from the blast.... It was a much more naive time. Children played 'cops and robbers', had toy guns, and bows and arrows with suction cups on them, cap guns, water pistols, and actually played with each other. Contrast today's kids..Do they actually go outside and play, or rather watch slam bam video games that show the blood splats on screen... and do they rather watch TV every minute of the day, picking up all sorts of things they wouldn't have thought up by themselves (Terminator II, for instance...?) Someday, when the "forgotten generation" dies out (born from 1935-1945) there will be studies done to see if large groups of these "kids turned grownups" damaged society more or less than the boomers....Stats will be available...