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minus-squareMiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 hours agoYou are just talking about scale, they are both guns.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down11·22 hours agoSo, if you personally were going into combat, you’d be happy to have the 1700s single shot musket instead of a modern weapon? Next you’ll be saying that two tin cans connected by a string is as good as a modern landline.
minus-squareMiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·22 hours agoI am not really sure you understand how language works.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down10·22 hours agoOne way it works is by evolving over time. An idea that seems to elude you.
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoYou’re the one who seems confused that not working for a corporation doesn’t make doing violence for payment less professional or mercenary…
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 minutes agoI don’t know who you think you’re replying to. I’m commenting to Miller. His take is that a weapon is a weapon, mine is that there’s a lot of difference between a spear and a tank.
You are just talking about scale, they are both guns.
So, if you personally were going into combat, you’d be happy to have the 1700s single shot musket instead of a modern weapon?
Next you’ll be saying that two tin cans connected by a string is as good as a modern landline.
I am not really sure you understand how language works.
One way it works is by evolving over time.
An idea that seems to elude you.
You’re the one who seems confused that not working for a corporation doesn’t make doing violence for payment less professional or mercenary…
I don’t know who you think you’re replying to.
I’m commenting to Miller.
His take is that a weapon is a weapon, mine is that there’s a lot of difference between a spear and a tank.