jmm@ecijmm.UUCP (John Macdonald) (01/09/89)
On Sun. Jan 29, Dr. David Parnas will be addressing the Don Heights
Unitarian Congregation in Scarborough. The announcement from the Don
Heights bulletin reads:
Sun. January 29, 1989
THE REAL COLD WAR
Dr. David Parnas, Professor of Computing Sciences, Queen's University
In July of 1985, David Parnas, a longtime consultant for the U.S.
military, resigned from the $1000./day Star Wars Advisory Panel. Dr.
Parnas will relate some of his experiences before and after quitting the
Star Wars program. He will discuss what the "cold war" really is about
and how it must be fought.
David, who has considered himself a Unitarian since he was 16
years old, is presently a member of the Kingston Unitarian Fellowship,
following several years of living in B.C. and being actively involved in
the Unitarian Church in Victoria.
<<end of announcement>>
TIME: 10:30 AM
LOCATION: ** NOT AT THE NORMAL LOCATION **
For the next year or so (while the church is being rebuilt) the
congregation is meeting at Glamorgan Public School. To get to
Glamorgan Public School, proceed south from Highway 401 on Kennedy
Road, turn right at the first street (Antrim Cr.), proceed straight
through the three-way stop sign (street now becomes Glamorgan) to
the end of the street. The public school is at the end of the
street (straight ahead).
This will not be a talk of technical interest to computer programmers,
the audience will not in general be "highly computer-literate". Instead,
the focus will be on the social and moral significance of the Star Wars
program in relationship to the rest of the world.
Unitarianism (for those who may have never heard of it) is a non-theistic
religion. It expects and inspires its members to think about important
moral, social, philosophical, and political issues; but does not ordain
any conclusions on such issues to be "the Truth, which all members of the
church must accept as gospel". There is one exception to this - the
meta-gospel - "it is the right and responsibility of all people to decide
for themselves what they should believe in all aspects of their life".
Thus, while members can have very strong and opposing beliefs, they are
united in the belief that each person's beliefs are worthy of respect
and consideration.
--
John Macdonald