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This whataboutism is not helpful. Unless you think the boy was deliberately targeted to be killed, surely you can understand that being killed in a drone strik
by 07d046 8y ago
This whataboutism is not helpful.
Unless you think the boy was deliberately targeted to be killed, surely you can understand that being killed in a drone strike targeting another is very different to being deliberately shot to death.
- latch 8y agoIt's a discussion directly comparing how two countries act towards the same crime. Don't participate in the thread if you don't find whataboutism helpful? I don't have the strong moral reservations many have against drone strikes. Tactically advantageous, cheaper, no pilot at risk. Pretty compelling. But in their own way, they're terrifying specifically for the reason you mention: they are less discriminating. You can think delibery shooting is much worse. And I can see how someone would feel that way. But I think a reasonable person ought to be able to understand how another reasonable person might see things differently. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/every-person-is-afraid-of-the-drones-the-strikes-effect-on-life-in-pakistan/262814/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/ev...