jj@alice.UUCP (10/16/85)
Notice to knee-jerks of all persuasions, DO NOT ASSUME, READ!!! James J. Kilpatrick, a conservative syndicated columnist reprinted in many newspapers in the USA, has (on 10/16 in the Newark Star Ledger, and therefore undoubtedly other newspapers) a column titled "A modest proposal to scrap the arms race". Those knee jerks among you who are still reading should check out this column (which is copyrighted, hence I will NOT transcribe it) to see what a mainstream conservative columnist has to say about nuclear weapons. Those of you who are constantly referring to the "bomb-them-out-of-existance conservative" may find that you're not talking about all conservatives, in fact, you're not talking about conservatives at all, you're talking about extremists. The "bomb-them-out-of-existance conservatives" may see another side of an issue from someone who holds the political persuasion you aspire to. While I (who have been grandly attacked, called sub-human, and reviled, even to the point where a poll was taken to see if I should be harrassed off the net because of the fact that I was a conservative, and all conservatives are OBVIOUSLY subhuman) am clearly considered a conservative, at least by nutnews standards, (also, by some "conservatives" on the net I'm considered a godless liberal, pinko, duped wimp, to be fair), I don't necessarily agree with Kilpatrick on a lot of issues, especially involving church and state. I DO agree substantially with him on the issue of nuclear weaponry. It's time that those who know the difference between Edward Kennedy and Bill Bradley also learn the difference between Jesse Helms and Barry Goldwater, and vice versa. -- SUPPORT SECULAR TEDDY-BEAR-ISM. ". ...And it's, 'Oh boys, can't you code it, and program it right' ... ." (ihnp4/allegra)!alice!jj