[TheForge] nukkin' skeeters OTOTOT

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Hi Gabriel:
The parasitic behavior i was referring to was in the financial community.
I am unabashedly for funding scientific research!
In the long run, even military technological development often ends up 
helping the general population.
Find really smart folks, give them the means and turn them loose..Yes!
Without constant technological advancement, we face a catastrophic 
population collapse and perhaps our extinction.
I thought "Some good may come of "Starwars" after all.  pf" was funny 
because of the contrast in values and ambition in converting it to 
zapping skeeters and because in the long run the smaller targets may 
prove more significant.
I only hope it's as effective at killing skeeters as this explanation 
was at killing the humor content..pf

Gabriel Cain wrote:
> It rather sounded to me like the funding would be going to stop 
> parasites.  I myself am not a fan of malaria, nor the destruction and 
> pain it has wrought around the world.  
> 
> Scientific R&D is the backbone of society.  Wanna get mad? Get mad at 
> financial companies who dream up ways of trading fictions. 
> 
> -Gabriel
> 
> Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>> The objection is one of principle. Our tax dollars shouldn't go for 
>> bonuses to encourage parasitic behaviors.
>>
>> Andrew Vida wrote:
>>   
>>> Bruce Bruce Bruce...  Does "orders of magnitude" jog anything loose in 
>>> the head of yours?  You're of by perhaps 4.  Besides, at the rate these 
>>> loons in the WH and congress are spending it, millions don't seem to 
>>> rate much attention anymore.  We're in the age of trillions and going 
>>> for our first quadrillion dollar bust ever.  Yeeeeeeeeehaw!
>>>
>>> Bruce Freeman wrote:
>>>     
>>>> And HOW many millions of our tax dollars did it take to create this fly swatter?
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:35 AM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer
>>>> <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
>>>>       
>>>>> Some good may come of "Starwars" after all.  pf
>>>>>
>>>>>         
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