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Comment by dralley

4 days ago

A pager is not a phone. Pagers and portable radios are not multi-purpose devices. You can't watch Frozen on a pager.

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ok_dad  4 days ago

Kids love to grab anything that is interesting to them.

  • breppp  4 days ago

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    • ok_dad  4 days ago

      Well, I guess we disagree on this, but I think it's a shit move to blow up a bunch of any object that is normally benign and which could logically be sitting next to or in the hands of an innocent. I'll die on that hill. I know it goes against most people's opinions on HN but I don't mind that. As you can see, I have some points to spare so feel free to downvote me to oblivion, even though that downvote button is meant for people who go against the rules; I don't believe I have in any of my posts in this thread, but I am willing to apologize if so.

      Also, I have a thought for you: what would you call it if a foreign nation which your country had poor relations with, possibly open hostility, had blown up the work laptops (which they might take home) of a bunch of high ranking military members in your country? Would that be terrorism or a legal attack to you? What would you think of the innocent lives lost to such an attack?

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