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American Science: Addicted to Pentagon Cash?

Posted by michael on from the ethics-not-included dept.

An anonymous submitter writes: "In totalitarian states the military can compel scientists to perform research for weapons systems. That's not true in the United States, yet American scientists who refuse military work are exceedingly rare today. This may be in part because scientists, like most other citizens, agree that the U.S. is facing dangerous foes. But some dissidents argue the cause is more likely that Pentagon cash has become an addiction that scientists rationalize by working on 'dual use' technologies -- radar that maps planets and guides missiles; robots that peer through smoke in apartment fires to rescue victims, and through battlefield smoke to find human targets."

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  1. in soviet russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    oh, no...

    in nazi america...

  2. NOT THE FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If this the first post.. I will jump off the wtc....

    pictures will be posted.

  3. I'M ADDICTED TO BIG FAT TITTIES!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can you help me?

    1. Re:I'M ADDICTED TO BIG FAT TITTIES!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Dunno ... can my big fat dick help you in any way?

      Otherwise, there's a guy called CmdrTaco with pale sagging tits.

  4. Re:In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't care, as long as new weapons of mass destruction run on Linux.

    Patriotic Amerikans, READ THIS:
    Don't you feel stupid, going to Iraq, losing (yes, American citizens who cannot express themselves in their own language, that's how you spell it ... notice: single "o", not "oo"; could not learn this in your 3 yrs school career, did you?) and now you come running to the United Nations begging for help?
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  5. Re:BZZZT - YOU FUCKING FAIL IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But ... but ... but ... I thought we'd be one big gay family here! What has changed?