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HiPointDem

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7. we kill so they won't have to. (but actually, i think they do, just maybe not quite as much.)

Reply to Bonobo (Original post)

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 05:56 AM

Feb 2013

like this guy that the russians killed with a maxwell-smart-style deadly umbrella:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Markov

all those gadgets in 'get smart' were actually close to the truth, as it turns out.

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Brass tacks: Why don't OTHER countries need to go around killing people? [View all] Bonobo Feb 2013 OP

Do the lack of replies indicate that it is impossible to answer? Bonobo Feb 2013 #1

France is fighting in Mali FrodosPet Feb 2013 #2

I heard on NPR that we are lending them our drone service. Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #3

Good question. 'Cuz they're not exceptional like us? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #4

Yes, it's necessery Cali_Democrat Feb 2013 #5

Du rec. Nt xchrom Feb 2013 #6

we kill so they won't have to. (but actually, i think they do, just maybe not quite as much.) HiPointDem Feb 2013 #7

They do. Not as much, of course, but they do. cali Feb 2013 #8

Well the difference is scale is so vast that, in essence, they do not use them. Bonobo Feb 2013 #10

In Theory... KharmaTrain Feb 2013 #9