Re:Drones piloted by climate-change activists target Heathrow
by gok on Friday June 14, 2019 @06:14PM
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So they're just taking advantage of the current legal loophole that bombs and drones are treated differently, despite the fact that they can be similarly dangerous to airplanes?
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Re:Drones piloted by climate-change activists target Heathrow
by frereubu on Friday June 14, 2019 @06:20PM
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You're being obtuse. The aim of a bomb is to destroy lives and property. The aim of this protest is to stop planes flying, and to do so by flagging what they're going to do weeks in advance. Just the fact that they're talking about a mass of drones might be enough to close Heathrow for the day. The fuss about the recent drone-that-wasn't shows that you may not even need to fly them for this to have an effect, and if they do they're going to be damn well sure that they're nowhere near flight paths.
Re:Drones piloted by climate-change activists target Heathrow
by dang on Friday June 14, 2019 @09:58PM
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> You're being obtuse.
Please edit personal swipes out of your comments here. Your comment would be just fine and much better without that bit.
Re:Drones piloted by climate-change activists target Heathrow
by frereubu on Thursday June 20, 2019 @11:42AM
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Fair point, perhaps that wasn't well put, although I can't edit it now. However, I did get the feeling that the previous commenter wasn't really arguing in good faith. So perhaps "it feels like you're being deliberately obtuse" might have been better.