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The 2008 attack in Mumbai lasted numerous days.
by bigbubba 6y ago
The 2008 attack in Mumbai lasted numerous days.
- ceejayoz 6y agoAre you under the impression the Indian Army doesn't have APCs etc., then?
- bigbubba 6y agoI am not. I am refuting the assumption that a coordinated terrorist attack would play out quickly. Even if the responding police/military are well equipped it remains possible that a terrorist attack could last for several days.
- kelnos 6y agoYou are picking one particular attack and are attempting to use that single, outlying instance to argue for things that will not be necessary in the 99% case. And the problem with military gear -- as we're currently seeing, plain as the day -- is that cops will not just save it for the truly dire situations; they'll use it more and more until it becomes a part of routine operations.
- bigbubba 6y agoThere have been numerous attacks like that in other countries, some far more extreme. I chose a single example to illustrate my point, but that doesn't mean a single example is all that exists. Anyway, the cops aren't using these armored vehicles to kill people, they primarily do that with guns. It isn't the use of these vehicles that concerns me, but rather the role these vehicles play in recruiting macho edgelords to be cops (the sort prone to shooting people with guns.) To address this, I would like all their vehicles to be repainted, uniforms redesigned, etc. Aesthetics matter, it influences the sort of person drawn to the job. A police force with a particularly militarized aesthetic will attract men who want to LARP as occupying forces in Baghdad.
- tekknik 6y agoOr we can just do psych evals and stop this nonsense about things “looking” aggressive. You know what they DIDN’T do when designing the APC? Find ways to make it look more “tacticool”
- bigbubba 6y agoPysch evals are not mutually exclusive with repainting the vehicles. The aesthetic intent of the vehicle designers is irrelevant.
- tekknik 6y agoBut you’re running around saying it makes people crazy and militaristic by it’s looks alone, so it is relevant. Let’s discuss the looks of it because why are you scared of an inanimate object.