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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by int_19h on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:34PM (#34636820)
What if the "other human" is in the process of murdering people at that very point?
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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by oauea on Friday February 03, 2023 @01:27PM (#34645646)
Send police to deal with the situation. If that is not possible for some reason, then that is the problem that needs fixing. You don't need murderbots.
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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by int_19h on Friday February 03, 2023 @03:30PM (#34647292)
It's never impossible, but in e.g. a hostage situation, this may result in a lot more innocent deaths.

I suppose a better question would be, why do you feel that in this particular situation - a murderer on rampage - you still feel that it is "deeply evil" to kill them in such a way that they "have no way to see it coming", to the point where you'd prefer other people to risk lives to do it in some other way?

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