RB> Hello, BOB;

 RB> 06 Sep 04 11:13, BOB KLAHN wrote to BOB LAWRENCE:

 BK>>  I've often wondered, if you compared the lives lost in the war
 BK>>  to the number saved by the technical advances, how much the loss
 BK>>  would be.

 RB> There's that bit in CATCH 22 where Milo Minderbinder gets 
 RB> the contract from the Allies to destroy a German-held 
 RB> bridge, -and- the contract from the Germans to defend it.  
 RB> So he does some calculations, and decides that the value of 
 RB> the bridge to the Allies is exactly equal to the value of 
 RB> the aircraft and lives lost by the Allies (read, US) in 
 RB> destroying it.  So he does precisely nothing, at vast 
 RB> profit.

 Been a long time. I vaguely recall that. Sounds good to me.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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