Desdinova
join:2003-01-26
Gaithersburg, MD
| Hmmm...
As disheartened as I am by the Iranian government's handling of the situation over there, boycotting the hardware developers over here seems to make as much sense as boycotting automobile manufacturers every time someone gets hit by a car. A tool is a tool is a tool; abuse is in the hands of the user. |
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Corydon
Cultivant son jardin
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join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO
clubs:
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| What if that hardware company actively markets its products as the ideal tools of censorship and repression?
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"Religion allows people who would otherwise be arguing about whether the Death Star could beat a Borg Cube to have a place of respect within society." |
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sdgf333
@suddenlink.net
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thats a pretty poor analogy. Cars are not made to run over people and when that happens it is an accident 99% of the time. This tool, on the other hand, is developed and marketed to do just what it is doing in Iran. It is only a matter of time before it is deployed against us "in our best interests". |
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Desdinova
join:2003-01-26
Gaithersburg, MD | reply to Desdinova
Regardless of how good or bad the analogy may be, or what the marketing for a product is, it's STILL the individual's choice whether or not to use the tool in a harmful way. |
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Corydon
Cultivant son jardin
Premium
join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO
clubs: | So Glock should start marketing their handguns with the tagline "Now with more cop-killing stopping power!"? |
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Desdinova
join:2003-01-26
Gaithersburg, MD
| So your argument is everyone who sees their marketing campaign will without reserve and exception buy a Glock specifically to kill cops? And further, they should not be charged because it's Glock's fault? You're saying that it if they didn't advertise it that way, no one would ever think of using it to that end? That no one has any motivation to use or abuse an item outside of what a marketing campaign orders?
Sorry, I don't agree. I don't care if Glock advertises that their guns will vaporize nuns and puppies with a single round to the back of the head, YOU'RE still the one who decides to aim at them and pull the trigger. |
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