The alien hypothesis?

[Richard Fiero]

At 02:41 AM 10/18/2005, Blake Stacey wrote:
>  . . .  How do we apportion the guilt now?
>
>Furthermore, if all mathematical discoveries which impact cryptography
>automatically fall under the "munitions" umbrella, then we better classify 
>the integers double-quick.
>
>Blake

Number theory wasn't my choice but was Mr. Doe's to show the innocence and 
high-mindedness of researchers.  To which I said "Pokler, Pokler, Pokler."

Funny, Blake had me believing that institutional dynamics drove events and 
described how pies are divided.  Guilt was established, say, at Nuremburg 
and at the Japanese war trials by the winners who have also written the 
histories.  Largely that guilt was for crimes against civilians -- just 
after Dresden and Hiroshima which happened to not be military 
targets.  Supposing that some of us here are civilians and we're not all 
.gov sponsored spooks, we are stakeholders and are ultimately responsible 
for the games of the leaders and the institutions which exploit or fry us.