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Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#47801: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:03:59 PM

Hitler killed a bunch of people partly because nobody was willing to challenge him before then.

That's different from ignoring a warning, I know, but nevertheless - the fact that dozens of other countries have drones paints a very bleak window into the future of warfare.

edited 22nd Jan '13 3:04:48 PM by Serocco

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Lost in Space
#47802: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:06:32 PM

You still need a military structure to support and operate the drones. Where will they get bombs from? How will they magically evade radar?

"A very bleak picture." They said the same thing about every development in warfare back to the first time some ape got the idea to hit his friend with a rock instead of his bare fist.

edited 22nd Jan '13 3:07:09 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Belian In honor of my 50lb pup from 42 Since: Jan, 2001
In honor of my 50lb pup
#47803: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:07:19 PM

Arrmed drones exist, they are dagerous, and it is quite posible that a terrorist group will get hold of/make one someday.

What has that got to do with anything importaint right now?

edited 22nd Jan '13 3:07:45 PM by Belian

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Lost in Space
#47804: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:08:31 PM

Serocco and the recently OTC-banned Baff have a compulsive mad-on over drones, to the point where it's almost all they can talk about, and every political conversation has to be derailed to discuss how awful they are.

edited 22nd Jan '13 3:09:04 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#47805: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:16:36 PM

MAD-IN, MAD-ON. waii

Did you hear about the Virginian Republicans sneaking in a bill once one of the Democratic State Senators left the state?

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.
Belian In honor of my 50lb pup from 42 Since: Jan, 2001
In honor of my 50lb pup
#47806: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:17:32 PM

Ah. Ok.

~shrug~ They are still the safest way for our military to fight (from our people's lives stand point) and almost the most acurate (they target/hit exactly what we tell them to). That makes them significantly better than most weapons and is why we are using them. I don't see that changing in the near future for any reason.

Anyway, any new info/responces from Repubicans about the Debt or gun controll bills?

edited 22nd Jan '13 3:18:10 PM by Belian

Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!
DevilTakeMe Coin Operator from Wild Wasteland Since: Jan, 2010
Coin Operator
#47807: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:21:40 PM

[up] Nothing really new to say until Thursday about gun control.

The Debt ceiling bit will likely come up again if Obama signs a short term raise to the ceiling.

Glove and Boots is good for Blog!
Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#47808: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:22:17 PM

All I know is that the White House won't block the Republicans passing the three month debt ceiling extension.

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.
RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
scratching at .8, just hopin'
#47809: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:23:23 PM

I'm starting to wonder if a legislative death by a thousand cuts is how the Democrats plan to get their preferred legislation past the House for the next two years.

Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#47810: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:26:41 PM

@ Belian: I think just about every argument for the use of "Drones"*

(of all sorts) has been thrown at Serocco — even including there's nothing new about the idea (some were used in The Vietnam War)* — and his views haven't changed one bit. It's almost a lost cause.

Keep Rolling On
Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#47811: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:30:21 PM

I like recon drones. Not armed drones.

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Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#47812: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:42:01 PM

I like recon drones. Not armed drones.

I thought you hated all un-manned aircraft.

Anyway, Serocco, I'm going to temporarily de-rail the thread and give you two Attack Drones I've recently found from World War II:

They weren't that successful, but they existed. Do you like the idea of them? They're nothing new — if the technology had been there, they'd have been used much earlier...

edited 22nd Jan '13 3:42:46 PM by Greenmantle

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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#47813: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:45:41 PM

I find it odd that no one's mentioned yesterday's Inaugural Speech yet, especially considering the content of it. What with Obama specifically mentioned climate change as part of his platform/whatever, and also specifically mentioning gay rights. And other things that I can't remember, those are the two that stuck out to me.

An article on it (posted because this is what came up on my tumblr dash.)

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/12-ways-obama-smacked-down-tea-party-and-right-inauguration-speech?paging=off

edited 22nd Jan '13 3:47:04 PM by AceofSpades

LostAnarchist Violence Is Necessary! from Neo Arcadia Itself Since: Sep, 2011
Violence Is Necessary!
#47814: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:54:19 PM

http://www.care2.com/causes/why-isnt-the-epa-doing-something-about-bee-killing-insecticides.html

This is disgusting - Food Wars, here we come...

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Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#47815: Jan 22nd 2013 at 3:58:50 PM

I heard the EPA was deregulated, or something to that extent, which is why they're not doing much.

[up][up][up] No, I still don't like the idea behind an armed drone because of the misuse of our current armed drones.

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LostAnarchist Violence Is Necessary! from Neo Arcadia Itself Since: Sep, 2011
Violence Is Necessary!
#47816: Jan 22nd 2013 at 4:02:50 PM

I'm just waiting for the inevitable food wars. No amount of GM Os or other BS science for profit like that is going to stop them.

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RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
scratching at .8, just hopin'
#47819: Jan 22nd 2013 at 4:23:13 PM

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is giving Republican colleagues 36 hours to agree to a deal on filibuster reform or he will move forward with the 'nuclear option'

Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
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#47821: Jan 22nd 2013 at 4:27:56 PM

The "nuclear option" just refers to using the opportunity the first few days of the term provides to pass the reform via simple majority rather than the standard plurality which can be interpreted as a contradiction of how the Senate is supposed to be governed.

edited 22nd Jan '13 4:28:56 PM by OhnoaBear

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#47823: Jan 22nd 2013 at 4:34:22 PM

I thought he might. OR, at the very least, hoped. Filibuster reform has been a real need.

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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#47824: Jan 22nd 2013 at 4:37:00 PM

It has been said before that Harry Reid has balls of steel. So. This is probably in character for him.

Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#47825: Jan 22nd 2013 at 4:43:52 PM

Balls of steel, with the voice of a whisper.

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