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In reply to the discussion: Here Come the Drone Wars in America -- The Public vs. Overzealous Police [View all]intaglio
(8,170 posts)36. The quotes around drones are not scare quotes
They're there because drone covers a multitude of sins - ROVs, autonomous oceanic data collectors, unmanned ground vehicles and especially UAVs. This last is unfortunate as it associates (usually) innocuous machines with the dedicated war machines like Predator. My objection to drone being used in this way is probably similar to the way the gun tight people object to "assault rifle" being used about weapons without a full auto selector.
I actually think that "drone" is used by a few people quite deliberately to stir up fear.
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Here Come the Drone Wars in America -- The Public vs. Overzealous Police [View all]
xchrom
Jul 2013
OP
Are you comparing a man's utterance overheard by another citizen to the GOVERNMENT'S USE OF DRONES?
WinkyDink
Jul 2013
#26
Here in the US, many of us are concerned about Constitutional, 4th Amendment issues.
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2013
#31
My main point is, here in the US it's really about the 4th Amendment, bottom line.
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2013
#33
Certainly, and the text of the 4A itself is nothing if not inherently subjective.
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2013
#35