• zbyte64@awful.systems
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    3 months ago

    I don’t think they’re talking about buying something normal and turning it into a weapon. But buying something normal and getting a weapon instead.

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      3 months ago

      And also, the drone allows you to pick your target.

      You don’t know who’s holding or near the walkie talkie.

      I’m not for or against it, I don’t feel qualified to make a judgement, but I can see the differences.

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        3 months ago

        Exactly. If your drone shows children and you still Boom, you’ve chosen to commit a war crime. But with this plus the indiscriminate bombing of humanitarian centers in Gaza, it’s all war crimes all day every day. The numbers of dead children are exponentially higher than the numbers of dead Hamas, and once the critically injured innocents in Lebanon die the same may be true for Hezbollah.