[geeks] Hijacked

[Phil Brutsche]

On Wed, 2001-09-12 at 09:40, Bill Bradford wrote:

> Wasnt it Asimov (along with the Laws of Robotics) that said "the needs of
> the many outweight the needs of the few" ?

He said that?

The Laws of Robotics probably come down to that, but I remember first
hearing "the needs of the many outweight the needs of the few" in the
2nd & 3rd Star Trek movies.

> Same argument could be used if the US did/had to/was faced with having
> to shoot down a hijacked airliner.

Yep.

-- 

Phil