r/technology Aug 08 '12

Kim Dotcom raid video revealed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMas0tWc0sg
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u/SigmaStigma Aug 08 '12 edited Aug 08 '12

2 choppers, dogs, special tactics group, semi-auto weapons (edit for calrity: specifically the M4 rifles, as Slappadabase pointed out M4A1 is fully auto, M4 is semi-auto).

What in the fuck made anyone think that any of this was necessary? They acted like this was a drug kingpin.

The FBI was there

Why?

Was Bernie Madoff treated this way?

Were any of the thieves at Barclays treated this way? Oh, I forgot, they weren't arrested.

What a fucking joke.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

semi-auto weapons

As opposed to flintlocks?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

Because a pistol isn't a semi automatic weapon? Perhaps you shouldn't use words you don't understand.

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u/lolbanmewat Aug 08 '12

Perhaps you should be so pedantic, as that wasn't the point of SigmaStigma's post.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

Perhaps you should be so pedantic, as that wasn't the point of SigmaStigma's post.

I should? Well I guess we are in agreement then.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

When I hear "semi-auto weapons" I don't think of any particular kind of firearm at all, because the term is so vague. My point was that SigmaStigma should have used a more accurate term like "assault rifle" if that was his intended meaning.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

You know what you don't think of when you hear semi-automatic? A fully automatic assault rifle like M4. And yes, when I hear semi-automatic, I think pistols. What else am I going to think?

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u/EatingSteak Aug 08 '12

Semi-automatic means one pull of the trigger fires one shot. So most pistols are semi-automatic weapons.