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RE: starship-design: Re: Bugs again
> From: Bjorn Nilsson <f96bni@student.tdb.uu.se>
>
> On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, L. Parker wrote:
>
> > Bjorn,
> >
> > > And the more you guys keep talking about the dangers of setling
> > > a "live" terran planet the more I wanna go there...
> >
> > I want to go also, I just don't want to die on the shores of some
> > alien sea while a bug I can't even see turns my insides into jelly...
>
> Well, _I_ would be willing to take that chance. Heck I'd even go if it was
> certain that I'd die within a day or two. And I'm sure lots of other
> people will,
>
No way, because Kelly will stop you, Bjorn.
He even once stated that it will be better to kill you
rather than to allow you making such abhorrent deed...
> after all you can do a lot of research in a few days if you
> know what you're looking for... Maybe if the first ones to go are willing
> to make that sacrifice the ppl coming next can protect themselves.
>
> PS: Millions of ppl are sacrificed in wars at least once per century, why
> shouldn't we be prepared to sacrifice a few 1000's on something eternaly
> more worthwhile???
>
Again, because Kelly will stop you...
Maybe, instead of quarreling with Kelly again on this issue,
I finally can sit down comfortably in my computer chair
and watch you quarreling with him? ;-))
Good luck,
-- Zenon