RE: SDBs v. subs

Yoda, eh?
(aside) Hey, load up the Thunderbolts with those Anti-Muppet Munitions! 
 Yeah, the Henson-Seekers!  On the bounce!

More on topic, I have been thinking about some of your off-list comments

about subs v. SDBs.  I think I realize why I was I disagreed with some
of 
your conclusions.  I'm thinking about the (relatively) low-tech
Traveller 
SDBs (Shukugan-class, specifically) that could hide in the oceans & gas 
giants, thus obscuring attempts to detect them.  Although, they were
pretty 
much blind, themselves.  But it sounds like what you mean are
purpose-built 
SDBs, designed to operate in both liquid & vacuum environments.  Very 
possible, and scary.  Makes me want to go kitbash one up from a Typhoon 
model.

Off topic, PC has become a weapon for both sides to beat the other with.

 It's a term of derision from the right, and a method of stifling debate

and dissent on the left.  Well, on both sides, actually.  At school, it
was 
sad.  We had some brilliant profs, who were always in 'trouble' because
the 
loonies didn't like any measure of objectivity in historical study. 
 Nothing ever came of it ('Horsefeathers', as the college President
would 
say), but the time wasted was spectacular.

Noah
a radical centrist moderate, mostly

-----Original Message-----
From:	Thomas Barclay [SMTP:Thomas.Barclay@sofkin.ca]
Sent:	Wednesday, September 30, 1998 06:31 PM
To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
Subject:	RE: Planetary defenses

Noah spake thusly upon matters weighty:

> Tom, you must have gone to the same college as I did.  A big rock is
now
> arcing over towards your location.  Duck and cover.  Have a nice day.
>
> Noah
> Who really thought he was a moderate until school.

Let's just say that
1). Nothing brings out my right wing habits worse than stupid,
ignorant behaviour from the so-called enlightened educated
congnoscenti.
2) Political correctness is a crock. Forthright speaking, combined
with a little bit of decorum, wisdom, and open mindedness totally
negate any need for such obviously surficial and ineffectual things.
3) I've seen too many folk with multiple degrees getting fed by the
state because they can't be bothered to work. If you can get multiple
degrees, you can sure as hell work.

As for the big rock, I have my HKP cannon ready to splinter it as it
approaches. And I have many levels of ferroconcrete to protect me.
And I can call on my pal Yoda to throw it back your way. Nyah Nyah
Nyah. (grin, ROTFL).

The thing I like about the GZG list is people speak their minds, and
often apologize if they come off abrasive without meaning to. And
even the characters (Mikko, John A, etc.) have a certain flair and
panache. And even those I differ with I think I kind of like. Can't
wait to meat more of the crew in person (a long term project).

Thomas.
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