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It's a good job that this kind of thing could never happen "over here". Fortunately drones are very expensive and hard to manufacture. They're not sold in toy-s
by nonrandomstring 2y ago
It's a good job that this kind of thing could never happen "over
here". Fortunately drones are very expensive and hard to manufacture.
They're not sold in toy-shops so that any lunatic could terrorise
schools, concert stadiums, airports or other places where lives would
be lost in the crush. /s
Oh, but we need Amazon to deliver us more pointless tat we don't need
and can't afford, and for the cops to "make everybody safe". So keep
on cheering and normalising this as benign civil technology rather
than as a weapon-system we have very few defences against.
EDIT: That took 3 seconds to mod down, Fastest I've ever seen.
- actionfromafar 2y agoWhat action do you suggest?
- nonrandomstring 2y agoI did suggest something in the comment; not glorifying, justifying and pouring money into the development of a technology whose abuses self-evidently vastly outweigh its societal utility. It's practically designed to be a terrorists tool. The "Seven Questions" [0] by Neil Postman are a great read. I think they shhould be mandator reading on any engineering course. [0] https://medium.com/@yogesvr/neil-postmans-seven-questions-to-ask-about-any-technology-0ca713054934 https://medium.com/@yogesvr/neil-postmans-seven-questions-to...
- fractallyte 2y agoConversely, since the US has fallen far short of upholding its obligations, Ukraine has no choice but to trailblaze drone technology. In a fight for survival, there's no time to ponder questions like the ones you linked to...
- fractallyte 2y agoSince critical military aid is only trickling through, Ukraine has been forced to improvise: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-ramps-up-arms-production-can-produce-4-million-drones-year-zelenskiy-2024-10-02/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-ramps-up-arms-p...
- 05 2y agoWhile we’re at it, let’s also ban cars because terrorists can use them to carry bombs, just like they could use drones. Drones are not the problem here, the bombs are. And in States, any lunatic can buy an assault rifle and shoot up a school, no drones required:)
- wakawaka28 2y agoNo, not any lunatic can buy a gun. You need to pass a background check. It's about as good as you're gonna get, and plenty good enough for purpose because lunatics have many options when it comes to hurting a lot of people besides legallu buying a gun off the shelf. Drones are not the problem, nor cars, nor bombs per se. The problem is that there is an active state of war between these two countries. As long as that exists they may continue to harm each other by any means possible.