All tools are weapons, all weapons are tools. It has no thoughts, no motives, no ability to act on its own. Rather it is how people think about the tool. People think about the power they believe the tool gives them. That power is given to them by those who fear the tool rather than the person. We need to address the people on both sides of that equation. Both an axe and a chainsaw will fell a tree, but neither tool determines where the tree falls, that is dependent on the wielder. So this is not really a function of the tools, but rather a breakdown in the social contract.
All tools are weapons, all weapons are tools. It has no thoughts, no motives, no ability to act on its own. Rather it is how people think about the tool. People think about the power they believe the tool gives them. That power is given to them by those who fear the tool rather than the person. We need to address the people on both sides of that equation. Both an axe and a chainsaw will fell a tree, but neither tool determines where the tree falls, that is dependent on the wielder. So this is not really a function of the tools, but rather a breakdown in the social contract.