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This is not a very good analogy. Bread is not a dual use technology like surveillance tech. There are plenty of classes of goods that are heavily regulated.
by pfisherman 3y ago
This is not a very good analogy. Bread is not a dual use technology like surveillance tech.
There are plenty of classes of goods that are heavily regulated. For example, explosives.
- borski 3y agoSure, and nearly every government can buy explosives.
- giraffe_lady 3y agoCan't speak for anyone else but I certainly don't consider bombsmonger an honorable profession.
- borski 3y agoNobody said anything about honor. I was simply stating the fact that cherry-picking surveillance tech as suddenly “not to be sold to governments” is as equally absurd as suggesting that weapons manufacturers should not sell any weapons to any government. Of course they will.
- giraffe_lady 3y agoIt's not cherry picking to point out that some technologies are more like arms than they are like ads, and that we should treat the creators as we do arms dealers. However that happens to be.
- borski 3y agoOkay. The article is about SV selling to America’s police. America’s police has no problem acquiring arms. I’d argue that, in effect, they’re already treated as arms dealers, who sell to police all the time.
- psunavy03 3y agoAnd I suppose the Ukrainians are supposed to just defend themselves with sticks?
- giraffe_lady 3y agoWhy not? It's what we expect of palestinians isn't it?
- psunavy03 3y agoGood Lord, this is a morally bankrupt take on so many levels.
- borski 3y agoThis is a garbage take. I’d strongly reconsider your stance on what is or isn’t simple about the Israel/Gaza conflict. For one, it turns out that Hamas had a lot more than sticks on 10/7. The only simple thing about this conflict is that nothing about it is simple. Simplistic takes like this are meaningless trash, and I really genuinely mean that with no ill intent.
- giraffe_lady 3y ago[flagged]
- borski 3y agoI certainly hope, for all our sakes, that Hamas and Iran do not become the largest governing powers in that region long-term. If they do, I may not have grandchildren to “lie to,” because I, a Jew, will be dead. But that’s cool, you just let Hamas do its thing, since that’s definitely the simplest answer to this simple problem. Have a nice life. [edit] Actually, I take it back; there is one simple solution: Hamas walks out and surrenders. I guarantee you, if that happens, the bombing and ground operations end tomorrow. Unfortunately, that will never happen; instead, Hamas will continue to bomb the internationally agreed-upon escape routes to Egypt to, you know, “save” those leaving. And don’t read this as defending Israel. I’m not happy with the invasion and the bombing. But I don’t have to pretend anything about the conflict is simple, just to make myself feel better about the slogans I’m shouting at protests.