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I find it disturbing that an article about a new kind of weapon is neutrally worded, with a positive spin at the end.
by mfukar 16y ago
I find it disturbing that an article about a new kind of weapon is neutrally worded, with a positive spin at the end.
- gaius 16y agoGotta be better than shooting holes in people.
- hugh3 16y agoAs long as it's only used in circumstances where shooting holes in people is the alternative, yes.
- gaius 16y agoThe military have a huge issue at checkpoints, if you ask a driver to stop and he doesn't, then you can't take the risk he didn't understand; he could be a suicide bomber. So they open fire. This provides a means to say, in any language, stop. So it will save lives.
- hugh3 16y agoOh, I'm sure it has plenty of good uses. But it's right that people should be concerned about the potentially bad ones. In that case, though, I'm thinking that my instinct upon getting hit with a pain-causing weapon would be to mash the accelerator and try to drive out of range. Also, I don't think it would be all that effective on someone inside a metal car.
- jberryman 16y agomaybe. or the presence of bigass pain rays and unmanned flying killing machines could make us look like the kind of oppressors that you wouldnt mind blowing yourself up to overthrow
- gaius 16y agoYeah. But this has always been a risk, ever since the Air Force discovered strategic bombing.
- mseebach 16y agoIf anything's disturbing, it's that it's on a gadget-site, usually devoted to cellphones, gaming consoles and other consumer playthings.
- maqr 16y agoI think the death ray in general is a kind of neat concept, in an evil way; so that makes sense. But yeah, it's disturbing.