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Weapon development contract - moral objection?
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Why not, what's the difference, if you don't make it someone else will, if you feel that strongly about the manufacture of offensive weapons then maybe you should do something more constructive about it than refusing to carry out a job that's going to get done anyway.
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No objection here, but a good question. Times are hard at the moment and personally would take a job then reassess after 6 months. Your not going to be deciding when or where these weapons get deployed, just in their design or manufacture. People "more important" have this responsibility, so I would worry about it too much.
Food on the table comes before morals!
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He did it under the same logic many people here have used,
If he does a good job less people get killed, which is pretty easy to convince yourself when you know there are no major conflicts going on.
But when he saw them being used in the media he decided he no longer wanted part of it.
Not that it matters.. I am not sure why i replied to baiting
perhaps i am just bored
Depends how good the pay is!
Sometimes, thinking about how much money these companies make when we're in hostile action is quite unnerving...or just trading to other devolping nations!
I think it's the USA, China, Russia, UK and France dominate the arms industry?
Quite odd considering 3/5 of those charge around the globe in the name of peace and democracy.
How corrupt is the arms industry, does anyone know?
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another point though, is if it meant I'd be saving British soldiers lives...maybe we can do tests on Blair...and about 90% of the British politicians!
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I suppose us being huge exporters to devloping nations is a good way of ensuring our military technology stays on top. Or do we sell exact replicas?
Sometimes, thinking about how much money these companies make when we're in hostile action is quite unnerving...or just trading to other devolping nations!
I think it's the USA, China, Russia, UK and France dominate the arms industry?
Quite odd considering 3/5 of those charge around the globe in the name of peace and democracy.
How corrupt is the arms industry, does anyone know?
*edit*
another point though, is if it meant I'd be saving British soldiers lives...maybe we can do tests on Blair...and about 90% of the British politicians!
*edit no2*
I suppose us being huge exporters to devloping nations is a good way of ensuring our military technology stays on top. Or do we sell exact replicas?
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Working in the Electronics industry for a long time (18 years)
I have met several people who worked on weapon systems development
Most did not have any problem with it, as it was not them directly killing other
folks.
Personally I dont think I could do it myself
I have met several people who worked on weapon systems development
Most did not have any problem with it, as it was not them directly killing other
folks.
Personally I dont think I could do it myself
This is my job. No, I don't have any moral objections.
Even though smoking is self inflicted? I find that quite intriguing.
I wouldn't have a problem with taking the job. If i don't do it, someone else will. Also lets face it, how much worse can weapons really get? Its all about accuracy and range these days so i cant see this causing any more civilian death.
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Did she quit because they were over charging and stuffing armed forces or because off the killing issue?
I wouldn't have a problem getting paid for building designing weapons. Do knife makers stop because young people are getting stabed? Do car builders stop making cars because people get run over?
People kill people not guns or rockets.
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OFcourse 1000%. What if we had no guns when the Nazis invaded Poland?
If you want Peace Prepare for war.
It is how you use them that matters.
People that assume we can bury our heads in the sand and live in some kind of hippy paradise annoy me. How do you know what the rest of the world is doing? What stops them nuking us?
We should strive for peace but the world is a fooked up place. Need to be prepared.
If you want Peace Prepare for war.
It is how you use them that matters.
People that assume we can bury our heads in the sand and live in some kind of hippy paradise annoy me. How do you know what the rest of the world is doing? What stops them nuking us?
We should strive for peace but the world is a fooked up place. Need to be prepared.
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This.
Do they actually make weapons........ looks more like a training company
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To be quite honest, weapons development has always been a job I would love to be part of. As with all development, dullness and boredom would persists most of the time, like all research, but it is something I would love to do.
These companies thrive in conflict. You do realise it is they who sell the weapons to undemocratic nations, violent nations?
What stops them nuking us? Who? the whole world, the USA, NKorea, China? The Illuminati? Iran
?For the most, it's globalisation, for the rest, they possess no ability to launch nuclear weapons on the United Kingdom or her allies and wouldn't be in their interests to do so.
As for 'if you want peace, prepare for war' crap, have a look at Afghanistan, Iraq or North Korea.
In a rogue states case (which is our only major military 'threat' in the world...) the countries nuclear capability isn't going to deter them, neither is weapon technological advancement.
Comparing it to WWII is a poor example and doesn't hold any water.
I think the weapons industry is a tricky subject and now I'm not sure where I stand.