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  • From: Evan Zimmerman <evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Z and Dan responses
  • Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:10:14 -0400

> at least the American people knew why we were dropping it

Which is all the difference in the world.


On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:39:18 -0400 (EDT), zman
<zman AT shell.neverwhere.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 rua AT mindspring.com wrote:
> > i.e. Truman dropping the Hbomb was probably one of the most significant
> > events in the history of man. Should he have floated the idea out as
> > trial balloons, or even more directly presented the proposal to the
> > people? I'm sure many will differ on that count, but I'm not sure where I
> > come out. I think "strategy by popular opinion" could be a plan for
> > failure in a serious game of world security.
>
> Bad analogy, at least the American people knew why we were dropping it.
>
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