From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,103b407e8b68350b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-08 05:52:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!beamish.news.atl.earthlink.net!news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: C++ , ADA and the Joint Strike Fighter ( was Re: Anybody in USusing ADA ?) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 08:51:56 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: References: <3E1A020F.8BD6EB6B@adaworks.com> <2pmp1vsho66rck32a1h8k4rioon0lvum22@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.b9.01 X-Server-Date: 8 Jan 2003 13:52:12 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32749 Date: 2003-01-08T13:52:12+00:00 List-Id: Ted: There's no reasoning with this sort of willful ignorance. Noting that the JSF (which I work on) has absolutely *no* design features in it to attack civilians and that the military in general maintains (and generally succeeds in) a policy of not targeting civilians is never going to change the minds of those who maintain an irrational and unthinking hatred of the military. Perhaps if the military were to simply stop protecting this crowd and let nature take its course, they might discover that they actually *like* having a military standing on a wall, putting their lives at risk and saying "Nobody is going to hurt you on *my* watch". And now (having fanned the flames myself) lets make a pitch to once again *NOT* start political debates on C.L.A. Its quite obvious that all of us here are going to have different political ideas and that this is *NOT* the place to start discussing them. I'd suggest that we should avoid whatever temptations there are to throw out provocative statements aimed at insulting a fair number of people here (remember that many of us *do* work for the military and don't think that we're a bunch of baby-killers and resent being labeled that way). If anyone out there "loathes" the military, please go into your closet and shout "I LOATHE THE MILITARY" until you are hoarse and get it out of your system and then come back here to discuss Ada. MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "I'd trade it all for just a little more" -- Charles Montgomery Burns, [4F10] ====================================================================== Ted Dennison wrote in message news:sBVS9.7505$E83.785@news2.central.cox.net... > faust wrote: > > Better to have a few pilots killed due to soiftware accidents than to > > have the JSF actually work and help to kill innocent civilians in > > their thousands. > > > Innocent my ass. > > > > ;-) >