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To: Stitch who wrote (3726)	5/19/1998 8:00:00 PM
From: peter michaelson	Respond to of 9980

Stitch: I believe that many of us Americans are having a hard time seeing things from outside of our own perspective. Morally it is wrong for any of us to have weapons inasmuch as it encourages others to have them. America is the most immoral judging by that criterion. That is not to say, of course, that it is right to arm oneself against the armed, but it is a natural and understandable tendency. The moral (and laughable) course is for everyone to gradually disarm - I wish my nation would take the lead. But it won't. I think we have images of Gandhi playing in our heads when we think of India and we just can't believe that India wants to be strong in the same way every other nation does. Am I the only one who feels that France was less criticized for its recent nuclear tests? These are just thoughts - I'm sure I will be castigated for thinking them and, worst of all, sharing them as, it seems to me, SI has become a bit venomous lately. My best to you. You've been quiet lately. Peter P.S. If people begin to die in Indonesia, let's not forget that America is their principle arms supplier.

To: Stitch who wrote (3726)	5/19/1998 8:33:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

Jeeeez Stitch I said 'respectfully' didn't I?<gg> Stitch: It seems like I have touched a raw nerve in you but let me assure you my intentions were honorable and not meant to annoy anyone. You know to tell you the truth I rather have all the Nations behave like Costa Rica but unfortunately such is not the case with majority of the nations! Granted I or anyone in their right mind can not justify anyone having nuclear weapons,or to go a step further, any weapons for that matter, but I guess unfortunately we are not civilized yet,so please don't blame me for it for I am nothing but a bystander or an observer as it were. To conclude,for a people like the Jews or a nation like India who have been screwed by every barbarian and his brother-in-law for millennia,restraint and pacifism only go so far.If you don't believe me look where it got them! That is all I am saying.

To: Stitch who wrote (3726)	5/20/1998 9:45:00 AM
From: Thomas Haegin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9980

Stitch, << That others have "the bomb" is hardly a reason for kicking off the whole cycle of proliferation again >> The recent tests in India merely made it "official" to the World that India has the bomb, too. I think the question why the U.S. or Russia should have the bomb and India or Somalia should not have it, has merit: IMO, either let them all have it if they can handle the technology or nobody should have it. The countries that have the bomg don't have a priori a greater right in owning it than the non-bomb countries. I personally whished that all A-bombs be taken away from individual countries and governments and be placed under UN supervision, to be used only against "Alien" attacks or deflecting asteroids or something like that (I know, Sci-Fi stuff, highly questionable). If these bombs are ever used in "normal" terrestrial conflicts, we can bury ourselves anyway, can't we? Thomas