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I'm saying people shouldn't actively engineer things that will hurt people. If every engineer refused to build weapons, there would be no weapons. GPS would exi
by dylandrop 13y ago
I'm saying people shouldn't actively engineer things that will hurt people. If every engineer refused to build weapons, there would be no weapons. GPS would exist without the army. If someone is putting GPS into a homing missile system, then they're actively building something to harm someone else.
- TylerE 13y agoNo, it wouldn't exist, actually. Do you really think the government spent $100s of billions so you could navigate in your car?
- dylandrop 13y agoIt possibly wouldn't have existed until a much more modern era when the cost would have been less, sure. But someone (Google hint hint) would definitely invest in GPS if they thought it would make them money. Besides, I don't think you can really compare GPS with say, making explosives that can reach a greater blast radius. My point was that to simply say "well, some Army projects can be used for bad and for good" does not justify the engineering of technologies that are clearly meant for killing.