[FRIAM] tolerance of intolerance

[glen]

I mean ... who needs automatic rifles? A single one of our warheads would have wiped the Malheur occupiers clean off the map ... conventionally ... OK, well, not so clean. But without risk of losing any of our guys. Gary's right. We have plenty of a variety of different types of guns. The real question is: Do you fire on *citizens*? There's so much polarization now I imagine most people will say "yes", regardless of which side they're on. All this lip service against political violence is starting to make me nauseous. Too many people who express such polarization have never been punched in the face, much less fired a gun at someone, much less fired a gun at their neighbor.

With cluster bombs and remote controlled drones, you don't need to worry about all that "who am I killing?" nonsense. Just drink your Mountain Dew and play the video game.

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On 7/17/24 15:31, steve smith wrote:
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> glen sed:
>> ...   I accidentally let it slip that I started my professional career developing cluster bombs for the Army. I got more than one side eye. >8^D Of course, I switched to defensive weapons at some point ... because ... well ... of course.
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> I came to LANL (LASL) 9 years before the end of the cold war as a pacifist vegetarian who nevertheless believed in MAD, confident that an overwhelming nuclear arsenal was a "defensive weapon"...
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> "Boni cum armis: quis sagittarios sagittat?"
> 


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