[PAA-Discuss] This gives me the chills

[carolekeene at juno.com]

I am reminded of an episode of the original Star Trek series, called "A Taste of Armageddon".
Here is the synopsis:
Episode Title: 'A Taste of Armageddon'
Episode Number: 124
Synopsis: "An arrogant ambassador places the Enterprise in the midst of a civil war between two planets fought entirely by computer, which reports the casualties so that people can voluntarily report to disintegration chambers without their societies risking physical destriction." 
Original Airdate: February 23, 1967
Perpetual war. The resolution is to get people to start living the war they are making - put them at risk, in harms' way -- how else to get them to see/feel/understand the destruction they are responsible for?
-- "Kathleen kain" <kkain1 at earthlink.net> wrote:

I first heard about the Reaper on NPR. Some reporter was salivating over the neat, new version of the pilotless Predator that could drop bombs. She was so delighted that the plane could be piloted from thousands of miles away and drop its bombs with no danger to the pilot. It brought to mind Dave Grossman's book On Killing  in which he discusses how killing becomes easier for the killers the farther removed they are from the victims. This is the future of the killing in Iraq, the real aim of "residue forces" and "redeployment." How many Americans will notice when the military kills without risk to American lives? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq_air_surge_ii This is why we need a government that focuses on peace, not just saving American lives.  Kathleen Kainkkain1 at earthlink.netEarthLink Revolves Around You. 
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