Asri-unix.663 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:C70:sri-unix!POURNE@MIT-MC Sun Jan 31 00:48:32 1982 Technologists vs. Humanists Which Nobel Peace Prize winners have really advanced the cause of Peace? As opposed to those who have managed to impress the right people? Indeed: how DOES one advance the cause of peace? Did Pacifist in WWII advance the cause of peace? Or did Joe and Willy (and General Patton)? Is Jane Fonda, or a US Army paratrooper lieutenant, more likely to advance the cause of peace today? Was Appius Claudius the Blind right when he said "If thou wouldst have peace, be thou then prepared for war," or is paying Danegeld a better approach (oops: don't needlessly irritate the totalitarians, they MEAN it...) ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.