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Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group

Posted by Unknown on from the thought-it-was-a-cyber-pigeon dept.

Required Snark writes "A remote control drone operated by an animal rights group was shot down in South Carolina by a group of thwarted hunters. Steve Hindi, the group president said 'his group was preparing to launch its Mikrokopter drone to video what he called a live pigeon shoot on Sunday when law enforcement officers and an attorney claiming to represent the privately-owned plantation near Ehrhardt tried to stop the aircraft from flying.' After the shoot was halted, the drone was launched anyway, and at this point it was shot down. 'Seconds after it hit the air, numerous shots rang out,' Hindi said in the release. 'As an act of revenge for us shutting down the pigeon slaughter, they had shot down our copter.' 'It is important to note how dangerous this was, as they were shooting toward and into a well-travelled highway,' Hindi stated in the release."

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  1. Re:If they hadn't brought their drone by ShieldW0lf · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And if women didn't walk around dressed like sluts, they wouldn't get raped.

    That's true, but how does this relate to the conversation?

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  2. Re:If they hadn't brought their drone by MichaelSmith · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And if women didn't walk around dressed like sluts, they wouldn't get raped.

    That's true, but how does this relate to the conversation?

    I think its a valid analogy.

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  3. Re:If they hadn't brought their drone by Pentium100 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is also the "protect yourself" argument. If I leave $1000 in my car visible from outside and leave the car in a public space, how likely do you think it would be for me to still find that $1000 after a few hours?

    Yes, theft is illegal and if the police ever finds the guy he will pay a fine or go to prison. However, it still was very stupid of me to leave money visible from outside (at least I should have put it in the glove compartment or wherever.

    After all, why do people install car alarms, theft is illegal, so no alarm is needed. Oh, and you don't need to lock the door of your house - since theft is illegal, it will be the fault of the thief to steal your stuff.

    But I guess that you lock your house and your car when you are not in them. You also probably don't put valuable objects inside the car visible from outside.

    The rapist is like a wild animal - you have to protect yourself from it. If covering up reduces the chance or you being raped even by 1%, then you should probably cover up. After all, if you do get raped, it won't matter that the rapist will go to prison - you will still be raped (compared to theft where police may be able to recover your property).