[TheForge] nukkin' skeeters OTOTOT

[Gabriel Cain]

I'm sorry I misread you, Peter. :)    Thanks for the clear reply!

-Gabriel

Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> 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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