I believe he called you an ass for your sarcastic comment - which he has every right to do so. That is in no way "schizoid". Simply because you don't agree with his point of view, or his service to both you and his country does not mean that he has a mental disorder.
I am absolutely in agreement that this will be used for ill, but that doesn't mean it should be abandoned. There are bad folks out there, and unfortunately they are in positions of power. That's simply a fact that we must accept about our world - there is nothing that can be done about it. I can understand how people have this knee jerk reaction when they see so often the misuse of power - then see the culprits dodge punishment. Once again, there is little we can do about it - it has and will continue to happen forever. We can't let our fear of bad people impede the progress of useful technology. The vast majority of people who will be behind this weapon are probably not out to maim, torture, or kill.
While I am sure I will disagree with the manner this weapon is used in the future (like breaking up a peaceful protest for no good reason), that doesn't outweigh the good that it can and will do.
You're joking right?
So the government monitors protesters - while this may be a bad thing, it hardly lends itself to the conclusion that they want to torture all peaceful protesters. Do you want to try to run this by me again, perhaps with some semblance of logic this time?
So what then do you recommend? Weapons are an unfortunate necessity (it's true, whether or not you believe it). While this does have potential for abuse, torture is not its intended purpose. The developers clearly had good intentions when designing this.
Not every soldier or law enforcement official is out to rape, pillage, and kill you.
There is a legitmate reason for the coffee being the temperature it was (to ensure it brewed properly) Normally I agree, people should take more responsibility for their actions, but in this case, the coffee really was too hot. They were brewing the coffee at something like 200 degrees -- much higher than any other restaurants.
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I believe he called you an ass for your sarcastic comment - which he has every right to do so. That is in no way "schizoid". Simply because you don't agree with his point of view, or his service to both you and his country does not mean that he has a mental disorder.
I am absolutely in agreement that this will be used for ill, but that doesn't mean it should be abandoned. There are bad folks out there, and unfortunately they are in positions of power. That's simply a fact that we must accept about our world - there is nothing that can be done about it. I can understand how people have this knee jerk reaction when they see so often the misuse of power - then see the culprits dodge punishment. Once again, there is little we can do about it - it has and will continue to happen forever. We can't let our fear of bad people impede the progress of useful technology. The vast majority of people who will be behind this weapon are probably not out to maim, torture, or kill. While I am sure I will disagree with the manner this weapon is used in the future (like breaking up a peaceful protest for no good reason), that doesn't outweigh the good that it can and will do.
You're joking right? So the government monitors protesters - while this may be a bad thing, it hardly lends itself to the conclusion that they want to torture all peaceful protesters. Do you want to try to run this by me again, perhaps with some semblance of logic this time?
So what then do you recommend? Weapons are an unfortunate necessity (it's true, whether or not you believe it). While this does have potential for abuse, torture is not its intended purpose. The developers clearly had good intentions when designing this. Not every soldier or law enforcement official is out to rape, pillage, and kill you.