I'm Against Fashionable Thinking.

For If Enough People Were Really Convinced That Growth Should Be Halted, And If They Acted On That Conviction, Then Billions Of Others Might Be Deprived Of Any Realistic Hope Of Gaining The Opportunities Now Enjoyed By The More Fortunate.

A Healthy And Fully Functioning Society Must Allocate Its Resources Among A Variety Of Competing Interests, All Of Which Are More Or Less Valid But None Of Which Should Take Precedence Over National Security.

I'm Against Ignorance.

Risk-taking Is The Essence Of Innovation.

From A Scientific Perspective There Is Some Indication That A Nuclear War Could Deplete The Earth's Ozone Layer Or, Less Likely, Could Bring On A New Ice Age - But There Is No Suggestion That Either The Created Order Or Mankind Would Be Destroyed In The Process.