[extropy-chat] weaponry

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Kevin Freels <cmcmortgage at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> So if I see yu and you don;t see me, and I think I want to rob you,
> all I
> have to do is push your button and you will be entirely disabled
> while I
> clean out your pockets? Recording isn;t going to help any more than
> it helps
> now. Last I heard, the average American was recorded about 6 times
> per day
> as it is. Most robberies are recorded very well. What makes this
> different?
> 
> Not trying to trash the idea. I actually like it. I just want to tear
> it apart and get all the bugs out. :-)

a) the state always gets to disable whoever it wants
b) there will also be a black market for hacked buttons that disable
others but not a perpetrator (most likely sold by corrupt cops)

Turning everyone into insta-victims is not the solution.

=====
Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


		
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