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Networked Landmines Work Together
crazedpilot writes "New landmines will soon communicate via a radio network, and move from place to place in order to be most effective." Termed the "self-healing minefield", the individual mines are capable of detecting an enemy breach and then moving to seal the gap.
So, are there any situations where moral condemnation is appropriate? Or should everybody always hold their tongue because it's more polite?
Seriously, where does one draw the line? One the one hand, you don't want to come off like a pompous ass, but on the other hand, if nobody says anything, people will assume everything is acceptable becase nobody objected.
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
I don't think there is anti-Swiss sentiment because, frankly, most people don't know very much about Switzerland. Like how they don't have Habeas Corpus. My uncle was held in a Swiss prison for four years and never charged with a crime (they suspected him of some form of embezzlement). They only released him when he got cancer and it became too expensive to treat him.
It's amusing they would complain about Gitmo (which I do consider unconstitutional) while essentially Gitmo-ing overweight 60-year old businessmen.
Don't get me wrong, Switzerland is probably the most beautiful country on Earth, and I'd love to live there one day, but what they did to my uncle was pretty messed up.