Art Vandelay
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Actually, I think that the helicopter reference does illustrate an interesting point. Why are plans for suicide belts freely disseminated, while plans for helicopters are not? Seems to me that while most groups would find a helicopter useful, those that are disseminating sucide belt plans presumably expect it to useful mainly to those that share their views. IOW, Jews tend to not engage in suicide bombings.
Wildcat
Merely because something has alternative uses, does not mean that it was not designed with something in mind. One can use a car for many things that don't involve transportation, but that doesn't mean that they aren't designed with transportation in mind.Ian Osborne said:It could be used against military targets. It seldom is, but this is down to the user, not the weapon.
Wouldn't it be difficult to bomb a military check point without killing civilians?or it could be a military check point....
Wildcat
To be fair, manny did imply that those without uniforms are terrorists.Look carefully, and you'll see a logical fallacy there.