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PUTTING A HEAD ON A PIKE

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ethics only exists to hold the fort long enough and settle things down enough to get technology in. We start to hang people and keep right on tying the noose in a workmanlike fashion right up to the instant we can get tech in-which of course makes the noose unnecessary. When things are bad (bad indicators heavily visible) putting a body on the gallows is very salutary. We call it "putting a head on a pike." Too many bad indicators and too goofed up a 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)

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