STA:> I can feel a little bit of the same discomfort there.
CNJ:> I think it's because of the framing of weapons as a solution to an engineering problem.
CNJ:> Specifically the framing of _non-lethal_ weapons as a solution to an engineering problem, because that implies that coercion of civilians is an engineering problem.
CNJ:> Kinda eugenics-adjacent.
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