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Comment by adamiscool8

7 hours ago

The title framing is weird when the report says maybe 5% of the 1250 were civilians, and the same rights group also reports more than 1500 civilians [0] killed over the same period in the horrific and rampant gang violence the government is using this technology to fight against.

[0] https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/haiti

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croes  5 hours ago

Since when are drone strikes the legal way to handle criminals. I remember something with trials before you can kill people.

  • 01100011  5 hours ago

    That's a luxury you get when your society has reached a certain level of stability.

    • mmooss  5 hours ago

      People's rights are not luxuries, but the purpose of government: "... to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men ...".

      They are a necessity to achieve freedom and stability.

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    • gjsman-1000  5 hours ago

      Everything is that way.

      Another example: Feminism? Only happened with women in the workforce. Women in the workforce? Only when the Industrial Revolution happened and the economy could support the roles. Industrial Revolution? Only happened when farming and trading got good enough that 90% of the population didn’t need to be farmers first. Very few moral enlightenments have ever actually happened absent economic preconditions, or would not be reversed if the conditions degraded.

havenbarnes  7 hours ago

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  • ghurtado  7 hours ago

    No, not dozens of Innocents. About 1500, which is a lot more.

    You should read the comment that you replied to again. You're railing against a fact, not an opinion.

    • spacecadet  6 hours ago

      People don't think anymore, they just react... Im pretty sure Im done engaging on this platform for that reason. Nearly every comment is met by some crass remark that clearly demonstrates the person didn't actually understand the comment, just reacted to the trigger words within it.

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    • jibal  6 hours ago

      Dozens of innocents (5% of 1250 = 63) killed "extrajudicially" (i.e., illegally) by the drones that are the subject of the article, and those deaths were dismissed by the rationalization in the comment they replied to.

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