The transcript (for some reason the video didn't work for me) reminded me of something I had recently read on the Air Force Global Strike Command web-site -
"Some people say we never use nuclear weapons. The truth is we use nuclear weapons every day to keep the world safe..." -The Honorable Andrew C. Weber, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs On Feb 12, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: When I spent 2 years at Syracuse University helping 273 draftees avoid going to the failed Vietnam war, I was completely surprised by the military: they were smart, willing to listen, and amazingly, decided to let 273 war protesters not go to the war. This was in stark contrast with the civilian authorities (the Draft Board) who were deaf, dumb and blind in comparison. So this led me to watch this strange TEDx where the talk was on "Why I chose a gun" http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_van_uhm_why_i_chose_a_gun.html -- Owen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org Ray Parks Consilient Heuristician/IDART Program Manager V: 505-844-4024 M: 505-238-9359 P: 505-951-6084 NIPR: rcpa...@sandia.gov<mailto:rcpa...@sandia.gov> SIPR: rcpar...@sandia.doe.sgov.gov<mailto:rcpar...@sandia.doe.sgov.gov> (send NIPR reminder) JWICS: dopa...@doe.ic.gov<mailto:dopa...@doe.ic.gov> (send NIPR reminder)
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