Replies to post #144147 on World Surveillance Group Inc (fka WSGI)

[indyjonesohio]

I respect that, though I believe there is dharmayuddha for some of us. Takes all kinds. Best wishes to you, Nil. IJO

[runandadd]

But assisting is OK? Do you think that the BIB is for only tactical defense and not assist in an offensive capacity.

Why draw the line there?

[Madmonks]

I agree with you, nil, on moral grounds. If they arm any of our airships, I will dump my shares in a heartbeat. I didn't invest in WSGI to create killing machines. Drones have killed many innocent people over the years, and I can't in good conscience support a company that directly supplies the apparatus for carrying out these killings. It'll be very sad if WSGI moves toward this objective. It'll also be a public relations disaster. Protesters will be disrupting the annual meetings and consumers will boycott products sold by any WSGI-owned company. Private equity firm Cerberus was wise IMO to sell the gun company it owned following the Sandy Hook massacre.

There are enough ethical issues surrounding UAVs as it is. But weaponizing would be the last straw for me. After all these of years of investing in this company in the hope of building a communications platform in the stratosphere, I would once again feel betrayed by management.

All IMO.