Posted by SumitonJD on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Why-is-SHADO-entirely-defensive-tp1503313p1503361.html

You just can't fight a clean war. It would be very nice if you could but in
the real world or the world of fiction innocents get killed. If you could
fight a clean war it would just make them last longer. Nice clean antiseptic why
end it then. The making of weapons is good for business, good for
employment, etc. But if you make war as unpleasant as possible it will be other
sooner. There was a very good episode of Star Trek called A Taste of Armageddon
where to planets have been at war for 500 years. The reason is it was all too
clean and neat. Computers calulated the effectiveness of attack that doesn't
actually take place and people are picked at random to report to stations where
they are vaporised. It they don't the planets will be forced to use real
weapons and see real death and destruction. When Kirk destroys the devices and
the possiblity of this non clean war looms the planet make peace fast. A bit
of a fable but a good point made which is no one likes to see dead people and
suffering particular if they might be next.

James K.


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