progression of technologies

[Juan]

On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 01:22:17 +0900
Lodewijk andré de la porte <l at odewijk.nl> wrote:

> 2015-06-25 21:44 GMT+09:00 z9wahqvh <z9wahqvh at gmail.com>:
> 
> > this is absolutely tremendous, original, and insightful. in my
> > opinion.
> 
> 
> This is exceedingly strange coming from an In-Q-Tel security officer.


Hancock: 	Mr. Franklin, where do you stand on the war issue?

Franklin: 	I believe that if we are to form a new country, we
cannot be a country that appears war-hungry and violent to the rest of
the world. However, we also cannot be a country that appears weak and
unwilling to fight to the rest of the world. So, what if we form a
country that appears to want both? 

Jefferson: 	Yes. Yes of course. We go to war, and protest going
to war at the same time.

Dickinson: 	Right. If the people of our new country are allowed
to do whatever they wish, then some will support the war and some will
protest it. 

Franklin: 	And that means that as a nation, we could
go to war with whomever we wished, but at the same time, act like we
didn't want to. If we allow the people to protest what the government
does, then the country will be forever blameless. 

Adams:
[holding a slice of chocolate cake] It's like having your cake, and
eating it, too. 

Congressman 2: 	Think of it: an entire nation
founded on saying one thing and doing another. 

Hancock: 	And we
will call that country the United States of America.