Re: [UC] More humane methods required in shootouts

[Mariellen Smith]

Roomba Unveils Military Robot
http://www.theonion.com/content/amvo/roomba_maker_unveils_military?utm_source=cnn00

At 09:57 PM 10/30/2007, missthin wrote:
Well, I-Robot, you know the company that makes those cute, but mostly 
(imho) worthless Roombas?  They're making a new spiffy thing called the 
Packbot which uses a joystick and is armed with tasers.


http://zerosix.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/skynet-alert-roomba-gets-a-taser/

Is it humane? I don't think so, but neither are bullets no matter who's 
firing the gun.


Wendy

On 10/30/07, Joe Clarke 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Isn't there a glue trap or some other humane alternative to respond to
people with guns?  Sheeesh.

Joe (stickin' to my guns) Clarke

Mariellen Smith wrote:
> Yeah it's probably the cops fault. I wish the police would stop
> stirring up all of this gun violence. What /were /they doing
> patrolling the streets, anyway? I smell a conspiracy.
> -Mariellen
>
> At 11:32 AM 10/30/2007, Mike VanHelder wrote:
>> Since only a psychic can answer whether or not the police were a
>> precipitating factor, Al, I can only assume that it's your intention
>> to launch sly insinuations and attack the public's trust in our
>> police forces under the guise of "speaking for the community".  Your
>> opposition to the NID I can understand, though I think it's selfish
>> and disingenuous, but what beef do you have with the cops, and why
>> can't you just come out and attack them openly instead of
>> peck-peck-pecking at them like an underhanded vulture?
>>
>> - Mike V.
>>
>> On 10/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED]  < 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>> The question still remains... why were all the cops there anyway,
>> who deployed them, and was their very presence a precipitating
>> factor?
>>
>> Enquiring minds want to know
>>
>> Al Krigman
>>
>>
>>
>> 
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Re: [UC] More humane methods required in shootouts

[missthin]

Well, I-Robot, you know the company that makes those cute, but mostly (imho)
worthless Roombas?  They're making a new spiffy thing called the Packbot
which uses a joystick and is armed with tasers.

http://zerosix.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/skynet-alert-roomba-gets-a-taser/

Is it humane? I don't think so, but neither are bullets no matter who's
firing the gun.

Wendy

On 10/30/07, Joe Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Isn't there a glue trap or some other humane alternative to respond to
> people with guns?  Sheeesh.
>
> Joe (stickin' to my guns) Clarke
>
> Mariellen Smith wrote:
> > Yeah it's probably the cops fault. I wish the police would stop
> > stirring up all of this gun violence. What /were /they doing
> > patrolling the streets, anyway? I smell a conspiracy.
> > -Mariellen
> >
> > At 11:32 AM 10/30/2007, Mike VanHelder wrote:
> >> Since only a psychic can answer whether or not the police were a
> >> precipitating factor, Al, I can only assume that it's your intention
> >> to launch sly insinuations and attack the public's trust in our
> >> police forces under the guise of "speaking for the community".  Your
> >> opposition to the NID I can understand, though I think it's selfish
> >> and disingenuous, but what beef do you have with the cops, and why
> >> can't you just come out and attack them openly instead of
> >> peck-peck-pecking at them like an underhanded vulture?
> >>
> >> - Mike V.
> >>
> >> On 10/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED]  <[EMAIL 
> >> PROTECTED]
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> The question still remains... why were all the cops there anyway,
> >> who deployed them, and was their very presence a precipitating
> >> factor?
> >>
> >> Enquiring minds want to know
> >>
> >> Al Krigman
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> 
> >> See what's new at AOL.com
> >>  and Make AOL Your
> >> Homepage  >.
> >>
> 
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[UC] More humane methods required in shootouts

[Joe Clarke]

Isn't there a glue trap or some other humane alternative to respond to 
people with guns?  Sheeesh.


Joe (stickin' to my guns) Clarke

Mariellen Smith wrote:
Yeah it's probably the cops fault. I wish the police would stop 
stirring up all of this gun violence. What /were /they doing 
patrolling the streets, anyway? I smell a conspiracy.

-Mariellen

At 11:32 AM 10/30/2007, Mike VanHelder wrote:
Since only a psychic can answer whether or not the police were a 
precipitating factor, Al, I can only assume that it's your intention 
to launch sly insinuations and attack the public's trust in our 
police forces under the guise of "speaking for the community".  Your 
opposition to the NID I can understand, though I think it's selfish 
and disingenuous, but what beef do you have with the cops, and why 
can't you just come out and attack them openly instead of 
peck-peck-pecking at them like an underhanded vulture?


- Mike V.

On 10/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED]  <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> wrote:



The question still remains... why were all the cops there anyway,
who deployed them, and was their very presence a precipitating
factor?
 
Enquiring minds want to know
 
Al Krigman





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