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   From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 3/3/14 5:03 AM, Leszek Karlik wrote:   
   > On Sun, 02 Mar 2014 20:50:00 +0100, Your Name  wrote:   
   >   
   > [...]   
   >>> > But drones may be unavoidable.   
   >>>   
   >>> As will their consequences, both good and bad.  Right now, they're   
   >>> mainly used to do bad things, which poisons the well.  Or, perhaps, the   
   >>> problem is that despots use them,   
   >   
   >> Yep, like those despots in the US Government.  ;-)   
   >   
   > Exactly, just without the smiley face if you're not an American.   
   > (And sometimes also if you are, but are not a fan of extra-judicial   
   > undiscriminate killing)   
   >   
      
      
   	Actually, they're  used to do not-bad things, it's just that the bad   
   uses get the press.   
      
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