No brother, neither. I also could hv skipped that choice of words. It just wasn't polite.

I think this 'tool' is not unlike a drone. Just an extension of eyes and tools forward in the battle space. Like a robot with a shotgun used for detonating bombs. i see no ethical quandary about using such tools- properly.

* while the same its my position drones are used improperly. But essentially same category.

i see no ethical quandary about using such tools- properly.

Methinks thou dream.

When was technology ever not abused for the benefit of the rich and powerful?

Gosh, I do not know. I suppose you are correct. Only I was not remotely addressing that point. My dreaming is not required to support your conclusion.

I spoke to category differences between autonomous devices and those which are an extension of our senses- a tool. The method used by police in this instance was no more than a tool. It poses no unique ethical quandaries that have not already been exercised from the era of slingshot, cows over walls, or sappers under walls. It is an extension.

*edited for space

for the sake of human(oid)ity, did the robot survive?