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In article <3o6m87$5os@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
bromley blair pat <bromley@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>umcroall@cc.umanitoba.ca (Stuart Croall) writes:
>
>>>>    The only argument people need to go to space is the same one
>>>>    used for any explorer / adventurer:  Because it's there.
>>>>
>>>>    If you think otherwise, you may as well pack everything up and
>>>>    go home.  
>       


>    Actually, it is pretty much cut and dried.  People are just afraid.
>    The universe is to explore for those who want to, and those who
>    want to do it can afford it.  Those who explore will benefit.

NO! Those who want to do it CAN'T afford it. If they could afford
it they wouldn't need to tax all the other people who don't want to do
it to *pay* for the venture.


>    If there is some military stragetic benefit, then that's the icing
>    on the cake for societies who want greater security.  So far,
>    space has helped unify people more than separate them.  

>>>>    People have a simple choice:  move forward, or backward.  
>
>>We choose the status quo every year come election time.  Is there really 
>>only two choices?
>   
>   No, you choose the status quo.  In truth, the status quo is really
>   moving backwards.  If you stagnate, you regress.  It's like running
>   on a treadmill.

You act so indignant. This guy doesn't want to "go to the stars" so
you say, "Fine. We'll leave you here you sniveling coward. We will
reap the rewards of space exploration. Lead, follow or get out of the
way."

But you can't do it without him, or me. You need our money and you really
don't care how you get it. You just want to pursue your goals and you
don't want him to whine about it.

You *think* your goal is worthy and noble and you ridicule him because
he doesn't share it. But those who disagree with your goal aren't so lowly
that you don't want them to *pay* for it.


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