| warwell | 04 Aug 2015 2:26 a.m. PST |
Silly question. War is not meant to be fair or sporting. You want to overwhelm the enemy while minimizing any damage or casualties to your own side. |
| Jamesonsafari | 04 Aug 2015 2:58 a.m. PST |
Actually I think they are bloody dangerous!
Skynet and all that |
| langobard | 04 Aug 2015 3:29 a.m. PST |
I have no interest in making warfare 'sporting', but another vote for them being bloody dangerous to anyone nearby… |
Gunfreak  | 04 Aug 2015 3:44 a.m. PST |
Yes unsporting, anything more high tech then matchlock muskets and repiers are unsporting. |
| PzGeneral | 04 Aug 2015 3:53 a.m. PST |
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| Frederick | 04 Aug 2015 5:00 a.m. PST |
Very unsporting However – "Whatever may happen
We have got
The Maxim gun
And they have not" -The Modern Traveler, Belloc |
| Pictors Studio | 04 Aug 2015 5:06 a.m. PST |
If they are like any other autonomous thing they are probably safer than people with weapons. |
 McKinstry  | 04 Aug 2015 9:03 a.m. PST |
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| Weasel | 04 Aug 2015 9:49 a.m. PST |
I'm not sure what "sporting" would mean in the context of modern warfare. |
| Mako11 | 04 Aug 2015 11:51 a.m. PST |
Yes, definitely unsporting, as are automatic firing weapons, and crossbows. |
| Terrement | 04 Aug 2015 12:07 p.m. PST |
The choices are off. They ARE unsporting, but that is the whole point. Further, they are legitimate weapons of war. |
| ranger6 | 04 Aug 2015 1:19 p.m. PST |
"All's fair in love and war." William Shakespeare |
| John the Greater | 05 Aug 2015 6:42 a.m. PST |
I save sporting for Frisbee golf. |
| zoneofcontrol | 05 Aug 2015 2:29 p.m. PST |
If you want a sporting chance go to a bookmaker. I'd rather the armed forces that protect us be as unfair and unsporting as we can afford to make them. Keep me fat, dumb and happy in my bed and bring them home safe. |
| Ron W DuBray | 06 Aug 2015 6:05 p.m. PST |
examples of Autonomous Weapons landmines, booby traps, trip wire weapons and traps, IEDs, etc etc. |
| Mardaddy | 07 Aug 2015 10:50 a.m. PST |
I say other. For landmines, booby traps, trip wire weapons and traps, IEDs, etc. etc., I have no issues, unsporting does not matter. Since I already have an issue with using piloted drones, I have to include the soon to be functional autonomous drones in the mix being asked about, and like the use of piloted drones, I am against their deployment, sporting or not. |
