tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post8880590412403479618..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: DroneStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-5985887572496511372017-02-20T03:48:15.296-06:002017-02-20T03:48:15.296-06:00Maybe I was thinking it sounded a bit too much lik...Maybe I was thinking it sounded a bit too much like Tom Clancy or that sort of thing... I am indeed interested in military robots (especially as they're probably going to responsible for a lot of deaths around the world in the coming decades) but the present use of drones I find deeply disturbing at best. CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-82419740378617707182017-02-19T17:44:56.875-06:002017-02-19T17:44:56.875-06:00I thought you would like the technical aspects giv...I thought you would like the technical aspects given how much you read about military robots, actually! <br /> <br />Politically Meyers can't be that offensive to anyone: <br />what's not to like about wanting to avoid Iraq fiascos, or officially ending the 'war on drugs' and the police-prison state? She does build a fence between the US and Mexico, but in the novel a Mexican cartel has sent a lot of action cells into the US to commit various acts of terrorism; this same cartel effectively owns the Mexican president, so the fence is part of a military strategy against the nascent "narco-state". Immigration isn't her concern at all.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-25847525972096554992017-02-19T17:29:37.287-06:002017-02-19T17:29:37.287-06:00I'm guessing that I would be gritting my teeth...I'm guessing that I would be gritting my teeth through the whole book... [grin]CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.com