Drone Response

Garrett Kitchen

February 11, 2013

Our Government can kill anyone

            I am not pro military. When I hear about these remote controlled drone killing machines I get upset. The Idea of war drones is a good one. If you fly a plane without a person flying in it, then if it gets shot down nobody dies. But seeing someone on a camera rather than in real life it makes it easier to kill them, because even if you fully understand that. The person on a streaming video is real one cannot understand how alive their target is. For example, I play Call of Duty, an online first person shooter video game, and I shoot my enemies without remorse, I know that there aren't real people, but the graphics look like real life. What if I was controlling a robot, and killing my enemies, it is a lot easier to kill without hesitation if one isn’t there with their enemies. I am glad the US has drones for civilian non-violent uses. There are drone traffic cams, drones that the stunning pictures, and drones that people use for entertainment. But it would be simple to have experienced personnel put guns on the modified drones, or build a homemade bomb that detonates on impact and perform obscene acts of terrorism on anyone, at anywhere, from anywhere with an app one’s phone. Drones relate to Ender’s Game because the government can do anything they want, and kill anyone they deem so. A document was just released that said could kill anyone a US citizen or not, if they deem that the person poses a threat to America. In Ender’s game the government forces Ender’s parents to have a third child, just because they deem it a possibility to save the world. Then the government basically robs Ender of his childhood because they think it might save the world. They said they gave Ender a choice even though they really didn't  Just like the document speaks of killing the individual if they are a terrorist, and they threaten our country, but really they can kill the individual regardless.