luigi@hplabsc.UUCP (Luigi Semenzato) (11/24/83)
Indeed the best part of TDA was the following discussion. I didn't find Schultz's interview particularly brilliant, but some of the other speakers made me feel A LOT more confident about the future of humanity. I was expecting the military guy (Gen. Scowcroft, I think) to have a much narrower view of the situation. Instead, he had a very clear idea of the meaning of "deterrent", and a very realistic approach to the problem. Same with McNamara. I didn't like too much the other anti-freeze guy, the one who spoke first: he seemed to have some preconceptions. The two persons who totally disgusted me were Sagan and the other one, the "humanist", who kept saying "I am scared, I am scared to death!" Sagan only insisted on the disastrous effects of nuclear weapons, and on the necessity of "getting rid of them", without proposing any *sensible* way of achieving this goal. I believe that that type of "pro-freeze" behaviour is actually the most dangerous one. It appeals to human emotions, with little consideration for the intellect. Luigi Semenzato - Hewlett-Packard Laboratories hplabs!luigi (415) 857-5923