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1 Mar
As long as we have the H-bomb everything will be OK.

Date: Wed,  1 Mar 95 12:50:25 PST
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: As long as we have the H-bomb everything will be OK.

Forwarded-by: bostic@CS.Berkeley.EDU (Keith Bostic)
Forwarded-by: qotd-request@ensu.ucalgary.ca (Quote of the day)

 From the 2/20-27/95 New Yorker section entitled "Better Late Than
 Never," which includes letters-to-the-editor received between 1925
 and 1993.  Prior to 1993, the New Yorker did not publish letters
 per se.

	(In June of 1962, the magazine published a three-part
	article by Rachel Carson, "Silent Spring," on the dan-
	gers of pesticides, especially DDT.)


						June 29, 1962

	Miss Rachel Carson's reference to the selfishness of
	insecticide manufacturers probably reflects her Commu-
	nist sympathies, like a lot of writers these days.  

	We can live without birds and animals, but, as the cur-
	rent market slump shows, we cannot live without business.

	As for insects, isn't it just like a woman to be scared
	to death of a few little bugs!  As long as we have the
	H-bomb everything will be OK.

					H Davidson
					San Francisco CA

© 1995 Peter Langston