The Horrible Missapropriation of Science and Technology

"Oh God, what have we done"
(Nagasaki bomb drop 1945)
As a lifelong lover of science and technology, I have always dreaded the coming of the time that I would be placed in the juxtoposional point between understanding of the universe and "killer of innocents". Yeah , I know that it sounds silly coming from a TV repairman, but science on any level poses a danger to those seeking knowledge, as well as those who their understanding may touch.
My screen name alone is a testiment to such, as it comes from the fact that I was told by a Neuropathologist that my "irregularity of gait" and "supression of reasoning ability" were the direct result of "continued contact and chronic accumulation" of lead; specifically from solder.

This I can accept, as it was a concious choice............not unlike my smoking........there I was and I did it....... damn the torpedos, Marie Curie did the same! ( though in her defense, she didn't know the danger)

But there is a line, as with my latest job offer, that must not be crossed; No matter what you offer me, I don't give a damn if every earthly pleasure will be at my beck and call. I WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE KILLING OF INNOCENENTS! I don't give a DAMN if you say if it's for "national security" (though I would have killed any of those that participated in the 911 attacks with my bare hands -given the lack of power tools- on the same principal).

I know in my heart that the majority of those in countries seen as "evil" are just as much apposed to the madness of the ruling power as I am to that damn idiot we call a president, despite the fact that we must simply go about our daily lives, keep the bills paid, and hope for better odds the next time we might have a "majority vote" in how we are represented and ruled.