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July 01, 2004
Consumer Friendly Stun Guns: Think Outside the Semi-Automatic
You really couldn't make this stuff up:
Wall Street-darling Taser International, maker of "nonlethal weapons" (that have been shown on at least 40 occasions to contribute to death), said recently it is in talks with electronics chain Sharper Image, among other retailers, to sell "consumer-friendly" stun guns in the U.S. and Canada. For those of us not near a Sharper Image, Taser also plans to sell a "consumer-friendly" version of its 50,000-volt weapon on its Web site -- just a shock and click away.
Read it and, uhm, [weep | laugh | buy TASR on the Nasdaq | dig a well in your backyard.]
Posted by zeynep at July 1, 2004 06:15 PM
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I have read. I have wept. I cannot laugh. I will not buy. And I have no well in my backyard. This proliferation of weapons marginalizes those apparently archaic approaches to conflict resolution like negotiation, empathy, verbal communication, and compromise. Violence never has been and never will be a viable form of conflict resolution. Nevertheless, our species seems determined to violently violate its way through the extinction process in which it is currently engaged. This is sad beyond comprehension, is it not?
Sincerely,
Old & In The Way
Posted by: Phil Cicchi at July 1, 2004 09:57 PM
I just saw the movie Minority Report last night and while watching it, was freaked out by what the world could be like in 2050. And after the movie, I just sat there for about two hours thinking about how our world is quickly approaching that world.
Seeing this post this morning has me thinking we're ALREADY there. "The company has continually used the twisted logic so dear to corporate America that its product is actually helping save lives and cause less injury." Let's delete the "minority reports" of unjust violence and death from these guns, and the (surprising!) fact that violence increases with the possession of these guns, b/c hey, they don't kill!
'Nuff said.
Posted by: Anjali at July 2, 2004 12:14 PM
Hey, maybe if they say no one will die from these things enough times, people will beleive it.
It worked with the "ties between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda."
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