Examples of using Nonlethal in English and their translations into Thai
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One of those problems is: nonlethal weapons may be used indiscriminately.
And since we have already had so many problems with police use of nonlethal weapons in various ways.
So if they had nonlethal weapons, then they would say.
And there are other examples of the same sorts of things, where you think,"Is this really an appropriate way to use nonlethal weapons?
I'm talking about military uses of nonlethal weapons, so why is this relevant?
You have got nonlethal shotgun rounds that contain rubber pellets instead of the traditional metal ones.
But I would remind you-- I'm talking about military uses of nonlethal weapons, so why is this relevant?
So this nonlethal weapon was being used in this case as a lethal force multiplier, to make killing more effective in this particular situation.
When I'm talking to the police about what a perfect nonlethal weapon would look like, they almost inevitably say the same thing.
So this nonlethal weapon was being used in this case as a lethal force multiplier, to make killing more effective in this particular situation.
I was very surprised when I started to do this to see that, in fact, even the people who advocated the use of nonlethal weapons by the military hadn't actually done that.
In other words, your perfect nonlethal weapon is something that's perfect for abuse.
I was very surprised when I started to do this to see that, in fact, even the people who advocated the use of nonlethal weapons by the military hadn't actually done that.
So if they had nonlethal weapons, then they would say,"We can use them in that sort of situation.
So their attitudes to the use of lethal force are very different, and I think it's fairly obvious that their attitude to the use of nonlethal weapons would also be very different from what it is with the police.
So there's a whole range of different nonlethal weapons we could give military personnel, and there's a whole range of situations where they're looking at them and saying.
The last thing that I would like to say: When I'm talking to the police about what a perfect nonlethal weapon would look like, they almost inevitably say the same thing.
If you're really smart, you could shine a nonlethal laser on the bug before you zap it, and you could listen to the wing beat frequency and you could measure the size.
So their attitudes to the use of lethal force are very different, and I think it's fairly obvious that their attitude to the use of nonlethal weapons would also be very different from what it is with the police.
So I think yes, there may be ways that nonlethal weapons will be great in these situations, but there's also a whole heap of problems that need to be considered as well.
If we're going to send robots out and allow them to do this, maybe it would be a good idea if they were armed with nonlethal weapons, so if the robot makes a bad decision and shoots the wrong person, again, they haven't actually killed them.
A second problem people sometimes talk about with military use of nonlethal weapons-- and it's actually why, in the chemical weapons convention, it's very clear that you can't use riot-control agents as weapons of warfare-- is that it's seen that sometimes nonlethal weapons might be used not as an alternative to lethal force, but as a lethal force multiplier: that you use nonlethal weapons first, so your lethal weapons will actually be more effective.
There's a whole range of different sorts of nonlethal weapons, some of which are available now, some of which they're developing.
So again, they would say,"With access to nonlethal weapons, if we have got someone we know is hostile, we can do something to deal with them, and know that if we hit anyone else, at least we're not going to kill them.
Now one of the particular issues that comes up with military use of nonlethal weapons-- and people actually say,"There might be some problems"-- there's a couple of particular problems that get focused on.
So there's a whole range of different nonlethal weapons we could give military personnel, and there's a whole range of situations where they're looking at them and saying,"These things would be really useful.
And since we have already had so many problems with police use of nonlethal weapons in various ways, I thought it would be a good idea to look at some of those things and relate it to the military context.
So again, they would say,"With access to nonlethal weapons, if we have got someone we know is hostile, we can do something to deal with them, and know that if we hit anyone else, at least we're not going to kill them.
So I started to investigate some of those issues, and have a look at the way police use nonlethal weapons when they're introduced, and some of the problems that might arise out of those sorts of things when they actually do introduce them.