insaneintheblain t1_jbms5jy wrote
Remember the time the US government shot a missile at a residential block?
yogamushroommusic t1_jbmvhxj wrote
Woah that’s crazy! I only remember when they firebombed an entire city block, oh and shot the children running out.
FUTURE10S t1_jbmxe6i wrote
Only a city block? Back in my day, the US government came in and shot up and set fire to colonies, women and children included, just because they wanted to "get paid" and "work only eight hours a day". Entitled kids that want to go and buy from whatever store they want, what's so bad about the company store? ^^/s
BeefArtistBob t1_jbngqja wrote
No, can you provide some proof? I’m interested.
insaneintheblain t1_jbnl0ho wrote
Philadelphia, 1985 (It wasn't a missile, an air-to-ground bomb)
Bdsman64 t1_jbq6bk6 wrote
It wasn't that either. It was a satchel charge dropped from a helicopter.
insaneintheblain t1_jbq6glo wrote
So litteraly an air to ground bomb
ashittyhaikuappeared t1_jbnztjx wrote
Air to ground bomb huh?
As opposed, for instance, to
A ground to air bomb?
insaneintheblain t1_jbo4d4p wrote
Yes or a surface to surface bomb
OutOfStamina t1_jbpemda wrote
SAMs are a thing.
So, yes, as opposed the specific example you created, and others.
ashittyhaikuappeared t1_jbpftme wrote
Which is a missile
Not a bomb
OutOfStamina t1_jbpg19k wrote
A missile is a powered bomb?
Bdsman64 t1_jbq6qqx wrote
A missile is an object which is forcibly propelled at a target, either by hand or from a mechanical weapon.
OutOfStamina t1_jbq79tn wrote
True (ie, arrows aren't bombs but are missiles). And I wondered if someone would mention this when I said the German Shepard thing.
It's also true that some missile are bombs, and some aren't. So far, we're talking about the ones that blow up. Of all missiles that are bombs, they're bombs (which is tautological).
No one claimed they dropped missiles that weren't bombs. Which... is kind of a case in point for the entire (totally absurd, lol) argument.
ashittyhaikuappeared t1_jbpgh0o wrote
Goddamnit, how obtuse do you people have to be?
A bomb is either stationary or dropped. A missile is a powered explosive device that flies, under power, from one place to another (it does not solely fall).
You know what the fuck I mean. No normal English speaking human would call a missile a bomb. If English is not your primary language, we’ll, tough shit. We’re speaking English now and adhering to customs of English communication. A bomb is placed or dropped. A missile flies.
Full stop.
OutOfStamina t1_jbpoj4x wrote
It's like coming in to argue that a german shepard isn't a dog anymore once he attains german shepard status.
I'm not the one being obtuse.
Either the word "bomb" means a superset group that includes a subgroup set called "missiles", or it's not. I didn't start this pedantic thread with a snarky comment about the idea of a bomb going skyward pretending missiles aren't bombs for no reason.
ashittyhaikuappeared t1_jbptxx0 wrote
Oh get stuffed. Idiot.
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ashittyhaikuappeared t1_jbpv4ce wrote
Because EVERY motherfucker in this country knows that a bomb is something you drop and a missile is something that is self-propelled. I don’t give a good goddamn if one is within the vent diagram of the other - you’re the one engaged in a stupid pedantic argument.
So, kindly go piss up a rope.
surfer_ryan t1_jbq6dzt wrote
I mean for someone so concerned over the exact meaning of words... you should probably know it's a venn diagram...
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WrongJ0n t1_jbnjeub wrote
He made it up
insaneintheblain t1_jbnl0yq wrote
Did he?
friedlock68 t1_jbntwye wrote
Wrongbot 5000
WrongJ0n t1_jbnyx1z wrote
Did u provide any sources or just spread more misinformation
Archivemod t1_jbo585f wrote
WrongJ0n t1_jbo5iw8 wrote
🚨 MISINFORMATION 🚨
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A MISSLE NOT A C4 explosive
Archivemod t1_jbo9md7 wrote
I think the important factor isn't if it flew through the air so much as the government bombed its own civilians, mate. you're being a pedant, and kind of a weird facebook type to boot with how you're formatting this reply.
WrongJ0n t1_jbobdd1 wrote
You cannot just purposefully spread harmful misinformation on the internet!!! Dropping missiles on a town is a whole bigger deal 🚨🚨I reported you 🚨🚨
BhamCat t1_jboynd6 wrote
You're either the most poorly programmed bot or a complete fucking stooge. I hope for your sake it's the first.
WrongJ0n t1_jbozlzl wrote
I quote OP: “Remember the time the US government shot a missile at a residential block?”
That is pure misinformation. Why am I the bad guy
Archivemod t1_jbq5ry9 wrote
Because The two things that happened are completely equivalent in atrocity, making the point of distinction one of semantics rather than moral importance
in idiot, since I'm assuming you can't read:
hurr man not hit TO DEATH with ROCK, man hit TO DEATH with STICK! FAKE NEWS, STICK NOT ROCK!!
seriously though, think before you post
WrongJ0n t1_jbq8foz wrote
Stop spreading misinformation 🤡🤡🤡
friedlock68 t1_jbo8iyj wrote
The person above you did (beep boop) I'm sure you'll learn to read eventually 🤖
WrongJ0n t1_jbochw9 wrote
Yes. The US never purposefully dropped a missile on its own people in the US
The__Showoff t1_jbp5o1u wrote
But they did drop bombs, on purpose.
WrongJ0n t1_jbp67bf wrote
Not the US government. That was done by local PD not federal officials
The__Showoff t1_jc5jw0n wrote
For one, nobody mentioned whether or not it was the federal government. They mentioned the US in general and the US has bombed its own people. Whether or not it was the federal, state, or local authorities doing it.
WrongJ0n t1_jc61zwb wrote
MISINFORMATION SPREADER!!!!
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