Head of Air Force declares war on American people
The Secretary of the Air Force wants to test military weapons on American citizens. He refers to crowd-control situations. I don't think it's unreasonable to interpret crowd-control situations as organized dissent.
Back in the old days, when people used to wear onions on their belts and nickels had bees on them, public officials used to at least try to conceal their contempt for the American people. Five bees for a quarter, please.
Back in the old days, when people used to wear onions on their belts and nickels had bees on them, public officials used to at least try to conceal their contempt for the American people. Five bees for a quarter, please.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before being used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday.
The object is basically public relations. Domestic use would make it easier to avoid questions from others about possible safety considerations, said Secretary Michael Wynne.
"If we're not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation," said Wynne. "(Because) if I hit somebody with a nonlethal weapon and they claim that it injured them in a way that was not intended, I think that I would be vilified in the world press."
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I think that I would be vilified in the world press.
As opposed to now, where he can look forward to being vilified in the national press.
By Jon Hansen, at Wed Sep 13, 10:58:00 AM MST
Nope, Jon, I think he's relying on the national press to support it. The press rarely likes the people.
By Patrick Samphire, at Wed Sep 13, 11:33:00 AM MST
Those microwave pain beams freak me out. Everybody working on it thinks they're completely harmless, but none of them can actually hold their hand in the weakest beam for longer than a second. That's probably why they want to start testing them on crowds, the ding-dongs... I'd be willing to bet money that the government gets sued for long-term detrimental health effects within 5 years of the first application.
By Jackie M., at Wed Sep 13, 11:44:00 AM MST
Ah, the Air Force. Another brilliant idea from the people who brought you strategic bombing.
By David Moles, at Wed Sep 13, 11:46:00 AM MST
"...and they claim that it injured them in a way that was not intended, I think that I would be vilified in the world press."
unintended injury? Who thought that one up? I guess they'd just declare it a bug in the non-lethal system that required a hot-fix!
Gimme a break!
By Michael van Eekhout, at Wed Sep 13, 12:32:00 PM MST
Eh, the press likes controversy, because they believe that's what sells, and the use of these things sounds controversal to me. Especially with things like unintentional injuries. What does that mean? Shatters bones? Causes heart attacks?
They'd be better off testing them on prison riots.
By Jon Hansen, at Wed Sep 13, 12:48:00 PM MST
Nerve/deep tissue damage, I would imagine.
By Jackie M., at Wed Sep 13, 01:01:00 PM MST
Though I certainly wouldn't rule out heart attacks, given the extreme levels of pain produced. I assume they don't really know what happens when you apply that to somebody's entire body at once, however briefly.
By Jackie M., at Wed Sep 13, 01:04:00 PM MST
Yes, the Air Force, who spent American tax dollars considering a weapon that could turn the enemy gay
By Greg van Eekhout, at Wed Sep 13, 07:57:00 PM MST
This sounds like a plot from South Park.
By Jon Hansen, at Thu Sep 14, 06:10:00 AM MST
those bastards, they made kenny gay!
By Michael van Eekhout, at Thu Sep 14, 10:02:00 AM MST
You should try looking up all the controversy about tasers and their (mis)use.
Who was it that said the price of freedom is eternal vigilance?
I realy wished people got as freaked out when Bill Clinton passed that anti-terrorism and effective death penalty act in the mid '90s. It 'reformed' almost out of existence habeas corpus.
Because, really, that was the start of the boom.
More freaky stuff...
FOX news was hailing it as the greatest thing since sliced bread: A national id marker system that you can't do the basic transactions without, that can track you anywhere with gps, and which could also have your genome info on it. That goes in under yer skin. So was 60 Minutes.
Theres a family who decided they preferred 15 minutes of fame over a threat to personal privacy and human rights, and had themselves implanted, citing fear from 911 motivated them to become savvy Americans.
Then there's that new Disney phone that breaks all sorts of international privacy laws. I mean no one would apply the technology in any other way... you can track your kid anywhere, turn off their phones at arbitrary times of the day, control who they're calling... troops (either side) out in Iraq can already track movemets of targets people via cellphone... like someone who used to work at HP said to me two days ago, Big Money can trump laws, and if they had receivers installed downtown today, your activity can be tracked by the block.
Then there's the fact of local enforcement becoming militarized.
Some of us were joking about the triple six warning, when someone said they think it signifies an 18 digit number, because an 18 digit ID# would cover everyone on the planet...
... killed the joviality in mid-air.
By Tricia L, at Sun Sep 24, 10:00:00 AM MST
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