Dr Plip
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#NotABugSplat , by Dr Plip on Apr 7, 2014 11:56:03 GMT 1, "In military slang, Predator drone operators often refer to kills as ‘bug splats’, since viewing the body through a grainy video image gives the sense of an insect being crushed.
To challenge this insensitivity as well as raise awareness of civilian casualties, an artist collective installed a massive portrait facing up in the heavily bombed Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa region of Pakistan, where drone attacks regularly occur. Now, when viewed by a drone camera, what an operator sees on his screen is not an anonymous dot on the landscape, but an innocent child victim’s face."
Read more here.
"In military slang, Predator drone operators often refer to kills as ‘bug splats’, since viewing the body through a grainy video image gives the sense of an insect being crushed. To challenge this insensitivity as well as raise awareness of civilian casualties, an artist collective installed a massive portrait facing up in the heavily bombed Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa region of Pakistan, where drone attacks regularly occur. Now, when viewed by a drone camera, what an operator sees on his screen is not an anonymous dot on the landscape, but an innocent child victim’s face." Read more here. |
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pelle
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#NotABugSplat , by pelle on Apr 7, 2014 12:37:35 GMT 1, Many drone pilots are already severely affected by what they are doing.
Many drone pilots are already severely affected by what they are doing.
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#NotABugSplat , by Coach on Apr 7, 2014 13:28:53 GMT 1, Many drone pilots are already severely affected by what they are doing.
The whole drone issue makes me furious.
I can't understand why the west doesn't realise that for every person they feel justified in killing the fury at drones will cause a que of people to hate the west more.
And the loss of life of people with no involvement in the dispute is unforgivable.
It makes me wonder how western countries feel that they have the authority or entitlement to send such bombs into another sovereign state, that they are not at war with.
Arghhhh!!! (Angry)
Many drone pilots are already severely affected by what they are doing. The whole drone issue makes me furious. I can't understand why the west doesn't realise that for every person they feel justified in killing the fury at drones will cause a que of people to hate the west more. And the loss of life of people with no involvement in the dispute is unforgivable. It makes me wonder how western countries feel that they have the authority or entitlement to send such bombs into another sovereign state, that they are not at war with. Arghhhh!!! (Angry) |
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