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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by bitL on Thursday April 05, 2018 @12:46PM (#16766531)
What's the point of life if you are forced to be evil, unquestionably and irrevocably? Why so many vets have PTSD and end up doing crazy things?
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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by bb88 on Thursday April 05, 2018 @09:09PM (#16770177)
You have it backwatds.

If someone wasn't willing to kill someone else on your country's behalf, most likely you wouldn't have the freedom to ask that question.

Edited to add:

The metaphysical question you posted might be better phrased to ask:

What's the point of life if someone else is willing to extinguish it?

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