Drones Pros Cons

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away a guy named Spock had something called the Force. Captain Kirk was taking voyages on the Millennium Falcon across the galaxy, and Luke Skywalker was killing Klingons all over the Death Star. Star Wars and Star Trek imagine a future where technology has magnificent implications and improved the lives of many people; the technological advancements are most impressive. In the current time, society is making fantastic technological advancements leaps in its own ways: in September of this year, there is going to be drones flying over the heads of people in America. This should cause one to ponder how ethical drones are. The drones’ potential is vast with the ability to safely combat crime and wage war, but the privacy …show more content…
A New York Times article from a couple years ago does a fantastic job at pointing out why the costs outweigh the benefits. To begin, it explains that drones create a “siege mentality” for the citizens. While the United States used drones in Pakistan to take out militants, it angered the Pakistani citizens which strengthened the power of the extremists in the area by creating a common enemy (Kilcullen and Exum). It really demolishes the public image of America. They do not like the violent extremists in the area, but they are more popular than the face enemy, the United States which destroys from afar and often killing more civilians than militants. There is nothing that the Pakistani citizens can do about the drones which are sent from people across the Atlantic Ocean. Also, besides drones devastating to the image of the United States, drones actually make problems worse. The government believes they are eliminating radical, violent leaders, but an article reports that “others feel that the drones exacerbate fighting against the U.S.” (Pepper). That article later expounds that federal laws for tribes actually require that family members of drone attack