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jazzimov

(1,456 posts) Sun Mar 10, 2013, 09:34 PM Mar 2013

Should we outlaw snipers? [View all]

Most of the arguments against the drones also applies to snipers, except snipers don't have as much "collateral damage" as drone strikes.

Then again, the same arguments also apply to cruise missile attacks, except that they have much HIGHER collateral damage.

I'm not saying that we shouldn't have both an national and an international discussion about drone technology, I think we should. But let's have a SERIOUS discussion, and compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges instead of creating creating false scenarios like Rand Paul did.

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Should we outlaw snipers? [View all] jazzimov Mar 2013 OP

Wrong whatchamacallit Mar 2013 #1

But that, exactly, IS what we are talking about. jazzimov Mar 2013 #3

It's what YOU'RE talking about whatchamacallit Mar 2013 #5

So, you're saying jazzimov Mar 2013 #6

More or less whatchamacallit Mar 2013 #8

I'll take that drink! jazzimov Mar 2013 #10

Real sniping ain't Mark Wahlberg sneaky peeting 300 miles into some cliffordu Mar 2013 #2

I'm not talking about Mark Wahlberg, although jazzimov Mar 2013 #4

"efficiency in war" Union Scribe Mar 2013 #7

Which brings up another area we need to have a jazzimov Mar 2013 #9

Empire ALWAYS looks for efficiency in killing. cliffordu Mar 2013 #11

I don't see how you can compare snipers to drones. dookers Mar 2013 #12