Re: Nanotech Restrictions (was: RE: Transparency Debate)

From: Zero Powers (zero_powers@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Apr 05 2000 - 10:26:55 MDT


>From: Adrian Tymes <wingcat@pacbell.net>
>
>Billy Brown wrote:
> > Which raises an interesting question - why haven't we
> > had any serious problems with terrorist use of these technologies?
>
>Just a theory, but maybe...
>
>* In order to effectively use these technologies, one must acquire a
> lot of knowledge.
>* In the process of acquiring said knowledge, people typically learn of
> ways to solve problems better (cheaper/faster/more effective) than
> violence and mass slaughter.

My theory: R-E-T-A-L-I-A-T-I-O-N

Can you imagine the vengence which would be unleashed on some penny-ante
tyrant if he unleashed a biotech attack on the US or its close allies?
KA-friggin-BOOM brother!

-Zero

"I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past"
--Thomas Jefferson

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