07-10-2016, 08:14 AM
(07-09-2016, 11:57 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: I'm gonna throw this scenario out there for consideration and discussion:
What if the suspect was not an angry black man. What if he were a foreign-born terrorist/jihadist? Would that influence your opinion on using the bomb?
I hate to say it but in my opinion, yes, it would make a difference. Not fully sure why I feel that way either.
It wouldn't for me. Just like me being against weaponized drones.
I know it's probably weird, but removing the personal element to killing another person is not something I like. It should always be a last resort, and if the personal element is removed I feel we will become more comfortable with killing. I know drone pilots have had PTSD and there is still someone pulling that trigger, but something about it being done from a position of safety takes away the ide that this use of deadly force truly is a last resort.
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