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== Definitions ==

[[ETHICS|ethics]] only exists to hold the fort long enough and settle things down enough to get [[TECHNOLOGY|technology]] in. We start to hang people and keep [[RIGHT|right]] on tying the noose in a workmanlike fashion right up to the instant we can get [[TECH|tech]] in-which of [[COURSE|course]] makes the noose unnecessary. When things are bad ([[BAD_INDICATORS|bad indicators]] heavily visible) putting a [[BODY|body]] on the gallows is very salutary. We call it "putting a head on a pike." Too many bad [[INDICATORS|indicators]] and too goofed up a [[SITUATION|situation]] and we must put a head on a pike. Then things simmer down and we can begin to get tech in.
''(HCO PL 16 May 65 II)''