LOS ANGELES TIMES CARTOON: How I Kept Worrying and Learned to Love Drones

11 years ago

I attended the Drone and Aerial Robotics Conference at New York University. I was terrified of drones…then I got to fly one myself. This is a long-form cartoon I drew for The Los Angeles Times op/ed page.

Ted Rall

http://rall.com

Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."

5 Comments.

mhenriday
November 3, 2013 7:33 AM

And killing people overseas is good, because, per definitio, all those killed in such actions become transmogrified into «terrorists». For some strange reason, those ordering and performing these extra-judicial murders are not terrorists….

Henri
derlehrer
November 3, 2013 11:00 AM

I’m confused, Ted. If technology is neutral, why should ANYONE be afraid of the employment of drones?
(j/k)
- Ted Rall
  November 4, 2013 7:24 AM
  
  I quoted someone else saying that technology is neutral. That doesn’t mean that I necessarily believe it. However, there is always a concern with the deployment of technology. Evil intent results in evil results. We have a lot of evil intent in the current system.
  
  Thus my worries.
  - derlehrer
    November 4, 2013 12:48 PM
    
    I agree completely!
    [Note: “j/k” = Just Kidding]
    😉
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