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Post by Amaranth on Sept 20, 2011 16:16:26 GMT -5
Yeah, the victims of war haven't been dehumanised enough, let's further dehumanise them to save morale! ...Wasn't that the Bush argument for not printing when troops did bad things? ...Because we mustn't try to lower rates of PTSD and casualties in our own military personnel by using more unmanned weapons, otherwise we're somehow "dehumanising" (or some other fluffy, subjective nonsense) people we're trying to kill in the first place! Yeah, makes perfect sense. You're scenery-chewing delicious. And a dehumanising monster, but adorable no less. |
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Post by Art Vandelay on Sept 20, 2011 16:25:52 GMT -5
And you smell like cabbage.
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Post by Amaranth on Sept 20, 2011 16:26:34 GMT -5
....Can I keep it?
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Post by Art Vandelay on Sept 20, 2011 16:31:56 GMT -5
Well alright, but bring it back when you're done.
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Post by Vene on Sept 20, 2011 16:38:44 GMT -5
You know, we kind of need to look at the culture of our current enemies, and at the moment they see the use of drones as cowardly and it makes them want to kill us more and makes them fight harder. Which seems to be a tad counterproductive. Kind of a hydra situation where you chop off one head for two to take its place.
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Post by Meshakhad on Sept 20, 2011 16:50:51 GMT -5
I'd fully support this technology if our wardroids exclusively fought other nations via their own wardroid proxies. This would then be filmed and presented live on television under the title AWESOME ARENA. Mankind would be united and everyone would live in peace, except wardroids, who don't count until they become sentient in 2037 and eradicate us. Of course, if war is fought with robots, then whichever nation has the best hackers wins. |
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Post by ltfred on Sept 20, 2011 16:53:28 GMT -5
If no Americans die in war, the President (democratic or republican) can do to any other country whatever he or she wants.
And civilians- always the people who suffer worst in wartime, despite being the least deserving- will die in the same numbers.
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Post by N. De Plume on Sept 20, 2011 16:58:10 GMT -5
Of course, if war is fought with robots, then whichever nation has the best hackers wins. I find this to be a better option than the winner being the side with the best killers. |
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Post by scotsgit on Sept 20, 2011 17:00:25 GMT -5
I couldn't care less. All I know is this: Kristanna Loken and Summer Glau are each more than welcome to terminate me whenever they want. ;D Has Summer Glau ever been in a series that made it past the second season? |
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Post by Ian1732 on Sept 20, 2011 17:02:09 GMT -5
All this brings to mind is a bunch of robots fighting terrorists wearing masquerade masks.
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Post by Tiberius on Sept 20, 2011 17:02:34 GMT -5
I hope they aren't too set on the whole "facial recognition" thing, because if that's the major factor in their stop n' shoot robots, then the ski-mask market is going to sky-rocket in the mid-east. The robots are going to make people start skiing? |
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Post by shadowpanther on Sept 20, 2011 17:03:05 GMT -5
I couldn't care less. All I know is this: Kristanna Loken and Summer Glau are each more than welcome to terminate me whenever they want. ;D Has Summer Glau ever been in a series that made it past the second season? She had a guest spot on Chuck once and that's up to season 5. However that was last season and this season is the last one. So yeah... |
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Post by Meshakhad on Sept 20, 2011 17:08:06 GMT -5
She was in one episode of Angel, and it went for two more seasons after that.
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Post by Amaranth on Sept 20, 2011 17:16:52 GMT -5
You know, we kind of need to look at the culture of our current enemies, and at the moment they see the use of drones as cowardly and it makes them want to kill us more and makes them fight harder. Which seems to be a tad counterproductive. Kind of a hydra situation where you chop off one head for two to take its place. FUCK YOU THAT ANSWER DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH PATRIOTISM IN IT! KILL 'EM ALL! ...Or something. |
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Post by scotsgit on Sept 20, 2011 19:26:29 GMT -5
Has Summer Glau ever been in a series that made it past the second season? She had a guest spot on Chuck once and that's up to season 5. However that was last season and this season is the last one. So yeah... Come to that, has Eliza Dushku been in a series (outside of Buffy) that's lasted? Just wondering if these two have picked the right career choices... |
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