Comment by buildsjets

Comment by buildsjets 2 days ago

Here are Raytheon part markings on the tail kit of a GBU-12 Paveway glide bomb that Raytheon sold to a corrupt third word dictator, who used that weapon to murder the attendees of an innocent wedding in a country he was feuding with.

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-east/2018/04/27/ameri...

I know the part number of every airplane part I have ever designed by heart, and I would be horrified to see those part numbers in the news as evidence of a mass murder.

So, what is your moral justification for defending one of the world’s largest and despised weapons manufacturers? Are you paid to do it or is it just pro-bono work?

anonymars 2 days ago

Excuse me, do you make personal attacks on anyone who dares ask for an actual reasoned argument?

Most if not all aerospace companies also produce military aircraft, right? Or is your reasoning that if your particular plane doesn't actually fire the bullets, then there's no moral dilemma?

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arthurfirst 2 days ago

Defending? I am simply pointing out the obvious flaws in your logic.

If you think Raytheon is the apex evil corporation you are very mistaken. There is hardly any separation between mega corps and state above a certain level. The same people are in majority control of IBM, Procter & Gamble, Nike, and Boeing, Lockheed Martin, etc, etc.

Stop consuming marketing materials as gospel.

What you see as this or that atrocity on CNN or whatever that is produced *propaganda*, made for you, and you are swallowing it blindly without thinking.

Also the responsibility is of course down to individuals and their actions-- whether you know their names or not. Objects do not go to war on their own.

I've also worked in aerospace and aviation software but that doesn't preclude me from thinking clearly about whether I'm responsible for this or that thing on the news involving planes -- you might want to stop consuming that.

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