In lecture on Wednesday (4 Feb), I put these statements up to provoke you for Friday. To what extend do you agree with them? What are your reasons?

• Research is essential so that we know what threatening weapons are possible.
• I only work on defensive, not offensive weapons.
• By being involved in the weapons program I can be an effective influence on the government.
• I am just a scientist doing my job; I stay out of politics.
• I work on currency trading for a merchant bank; I don't work on weapons.
• I do only pure research. Whether it leads to weapons or not is out of my control.
• I am fooling the MoD by taking their money for my basic research, which they would otherwise spend on weapons.
• I don't use MoD money; EPSRC fund my research.
• I don't have any government research funds; I am just a physics teacher.