Comment Re:Tales of old. (Score 1) 256
What?
I would have linked them all, but there are just too many examples that could be provided.
How about just one, then? Last I heard Bradley Manning is still alive.
No, these systems aren't designed to "save lives". These systems are designed to project power more efficiently, and the purpose of that is to impose commercial interests over nations that would not otherwise chosen to accept those at the terms they do when pressed.
The "saving lives" line is how they are being sold to the more conscientious of your population, but it is just that.
As I pointed out to you upthread, US is using advanced weaponry on citizens of other countries even when there is no war, just for intimidation.
Bitch all you want, but the US puts a lot more effort into avoiding civilian casualties than the insurgents. Blowing up a Mosque leaves no question as to motive: Kill as many innocent people as possible in a very public, "F You" kind of way.
The press wants to be the SOLE "Decider" of what the people get to see.
That's right. The writer and editor decide what get's published - it's what they do. No source would ever talk to a reporter if they knew everything they said or wrote would be published. WIRED is a private institution. It owns the information for which it invests heavily to acquire. If you don't like it, don't read WIRED and boycott their advertisers, or hit the street and do your own f'ing reporting.
If you want to complain, complain about how the comment is not supported by the article. In it, Wired or its staff utterly fail to take a stance on Assange's actions at all...
Who says Wired needs to have a stance on the matter at all? This might be before your time, but journalism used to be about telling a story, not selling an opinion.
Yes, because as a fan a sane reaction to a report is arranging a flyover and aerial photography of the site involved... really it is, please keep telling yourself that.
Perfectly sane if you are a financial analyst or trading/holding a bunch of AAPL and want to get the scoop on the next product offering... or if you are a real estate agent trying to get some publicity.
How is this better than a web-based news source, even a paywalled one?
When you download the app flip to page 3. You'll see...
Humans are the weakest link. Humans want to exploit dominate and win against other humans. That goes double for the ones that already have obtained power and control.
Apparently Skynet is still in its angry teen years. We are safe for now...
"This generation may be the one that will face Armageddon." -- Ronald Reagan, "People" magazine, December 26, 1985
