Over 100 March on Derry Arms Facility
Graham Caswell (IMC Ireland) | 22.10.2001 11:36
Over 100 activists from around Ireland today marched on the Raytheon facility in Derry at which the guidence software for the US Tomahawk Cruise missliles currently being used against Afganistan is developed.
Over 100 March on Derry Arms Facility
By Graham Caswell. Reported by Amanda Moloney
Saturday, October 20, 2001
Over 100 activists from around Ireland today marched on the Raytheon facility in Derry at which the guidence software for the US Tomahawk Cruise missliles currently being used against Afganistan is developed. The protest, co-ordinated by the Foyne Ethical Investment Campaign, was intended to draw attention to the work being carried out at this facility. later the protestors marched through Derry city centre to the office of Derry City Council and to the office of John Hume, Noble Peace Prize winner.
The anti-war protests were part of a 2-bus protest 'tour' culminating at the Trident Nuclear Submarine base in Faslane, Scotland where the Irish activists will join over 1,000 protestors from all over Britian in an attempt to close the base for a day. En route the activists also made a brief solidarity stop at the holy cross school in the Ardoyne, Belfast where school children have recently been the subject of a vicious sectarian hate campaign.
By Graham Caswell. Reported by Amanda Moloney
Saturday, October 20, 2001
Over 100 activists from around Ireland today marched on the Raytheon facility in Derry at which the guidence software for the US Tomahawk Cruise missliles currently being used against Afganistan is developed. The protest, co-ordinated by the Foyne Ethical Investment Campaign, was intended to draw attention to the work being carried out at this facility. later the protestors marched through Derry city centre to the office of Derry City Council and to the office of John Hume, Noble Peace Prize winner.
The anti-war protests were part of a 2-bus protest 'tour' culminating at the Trident Nuclear Submarine base in Faslane, Scotland where the Irish activists will join over 1,000 protestors from all over Britian in an attempt to close the base for a day. En route the activists also made a brief solidarity stop at the holy cross school in the Ardoyne, Belfast where school children have recently been the subject of a vicious sectarian hate campaign.
Graham Caswell (IMC Ireland)
e-mail:
caswell@indigo.ie
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ethical programmers
23.10.2001 17:58
and time that gets sunk into large scale civil software
projects (50% of which fail catastrophically) is
unbelievable. It's hard to imagine what
must be going on in thed military sector where there
is greater corruption and these things can be covered up.
As a programmer, I've wondered where all this programming
work for military applications gets done, and who
does it. With all the work available to software
engineers these days, there is absolutely no excuse
and no need for programmers to take on this work.
I can't imagine it pays better either, or enough
extra to account for the military hassle involved.
I mean, look what's at stake. If you write a bug into
the software and the bomb misfires on deck or while
still attached to the helicopter, will the powers
that be track you down and hold you to account?
Even if I were in favour of building all this military
hardware, I certainly would not feel happy about taking
on the risk and responsibility.
I suppose there are many who are, but they're probably
arrogant and think they're so good they don't write
any bugs, in which case they aren't and they do.
Julian Todd
e-mail:
julian@ncgraphics.co.uk