APRI1801@UA.BITNET (03/28/86)
John Kempf had these comments of the feasibilty of interstellar war: > What possible motive could be concieved for making a war? > Conquest? Kinda hard to adminisrate a planet when it takes > several years to communicate with it. Eventualy, it would revolt > successfully. > Idiological? It is hard enough to get one country to agree on > something, let alone a planet. > Resources? Seems kinda wasteful to attack one solar system when > there are others at about the same distance (including your own) Seems to me that these basic arguments could be applied to the state of affairs during the (U.S.) Revolutionary War. What possible motive could Britain have had for waging war on America? Conquest? Kinda hard to administrate a country when it takes several months to communicate with it. Idealogical? It was hard enough to get Britain to agree on anything, let alone another country. Resources? Seems kinda wasteful to attack one (far off) country when there are others closer to home... Didn't stop them, though. While this isn't (of course) an exact parallel, I can imagine many sets of circumstances in which interstellar war would not only be possible, but very probable. Man's desire to kill his fellow man should not be underestimated. Mike L. Asher BITNET: APRI1801 @ UA University of Alabama (No, we're not all hicks)