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> There is no position that can support the idea of someone having fun flying around and taking pictures in exchange for a range of negative outcomes from hurting to killing someone on the ground or causing varying degrees of property damage.

Again, that argument means I can't play baseball with my kids in the backyard. It's not a standard I'm prepared to just accept on your say-so.



>that argument means I can't play baseball with my kids in the backyard

Not even remotely close to the same thing. If you honestly see these two activities as equivalent it likely explains why you are having trouble understanding my point. That's just human nature. Which, as a lateral thought, is one of the things that scares me about the future of AI. If people can't see fundamentally simple things what erroneous preconceived notions are we going to bake into AI?

Now, if you tell me you want to be able to toss a baseball at 90 miles per hour in your backyard and hit it with a bat with the same force and violence used in a ballpark, no, nobody should do that and if you think it is OK to engage in this behavior I suggest you consider the idea of your neighbor doing this and your own kid being hit in the head with a 100 mph baseball. The only way something like this makes sense is if you have so much land that the ball isn't even likely to leave your property.

Rights and how we choose to behave in a civilized society are a balancing act between what we would like to do, how we would like to be have and how we want others to behave towards us. If you don't want your kid killed in your own backyard by a 100 mph baseball then don't suggest it is your right to fire that baseball from your own backyard in a random direction. You have to care for others as you want them to care for you and yours. It really is that simple.

I don't want to burn down someone else's house or cause them harm. That's why I don't fly my planes, helicopters or drones above other's property. In exchange, I expect people to extend the same consideration towards me and my family.

The same applies to loud music. I respect my neighbors and don't play music loud or late enough to disturb them. I expect the same consideration in return.

None of this is because of laws. This is how you have to behave in a civilized society.




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