[FRIAM] tolerance of intolerance

steve smith sasmyth at swcp.com
Wed Jul 17 18:31:31 EDT 2024


glen sed:
> ...   I accidentally let it slip that I started my professional career 
> developing cluster bombs for the Army. I got more than one side eye. 
> >8^D Of course, I switched to defensive weapons at some point ... 
> because ... well ... of course.

I came to LANL (LASL) 9 years before the end of the cold war as a 
pacifist vegetarian who nevertheless believed in MAD, confident that an 
overwhelming nuclear arsenal was a "defensive weapon"...

"Boni cum armis: quis sagittarios sagittat?"


- Steve



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