Yossarian wrote:One problem with your plan, LD: a not-insignificant number of old people are quite racist. What if we tool them up and send them off but they decide to make common cause with the racists?
You don't want to be mecha-G?g.man wrote:I'm not sure I can get on board with these plans tbh.
LarryDavid wrote:I've said it before and I'll say it again - there's one simple way to solve the problems we face at the moment, the rising tide of white supremacy on one hand and the equally troubling threat of Islamic extremism on the other. And it ties in to another problem: the ever growing problem of an aging population.
In a word: old folks.
We take the old duffers who are presently clogging up the nation's hospitals and care homes and we weaponise them. Simples. Now it may sound radical, unworkable even but picture it - your Nan has dementia, she's going to die anyway, why not have her take out some Jihadists and fascists on the way out?
Get those grannies fully togged out in the latest robotic exo-skeletons and full hi-tech military hardware. You love your Nan, obviously. I'm sure she's great, but how much greater would she be with a minigun on one arm and a grenade launcher strapped to the other?
They've already won one War, and to my mind they can do it again! It gives them meaning in their lives and it saves us wasting the best of our generation. It's a win-win! Quite why our leaders haven't seen what's staring them right in the face is beyond me, but regardless - the answer is there and the answer is an army of murderous Robo-Nans - geriatric killing machines that can clense the planet of the filth we've accumulated.
JonB wrote:Is that what it was? Too obscure for me.
There's a memorable scene in Robocop 2?dynamiteReady wrote:Dude... That line kicks off arguably the most memorable scene in RoboCop 2!JonB wrote:Is that what it was? Too obscure for me.
djchump wrote:Backfire effect, innit: https://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/06/10/the-backfire-effect/
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