Comments on: The “What if?” of Dual-Use Research Awareness http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/06/the-%e2%80%9cwhat-if%e2%80%9d-of-dual-use-research-awareness.php Comments and analyses of important national and international security issues Fri, 25 May 2012 17:31:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Library: A Round-up of Reading « Res Communis http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/06/the-%e2%80%9cwhat-if%e2%80%9d-of-dual-use-research-awareness.php/comment-page-1#comment-3159 Library: A Round-up of Reading « Res Communis Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:17:29 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/?p=248#comment-3159 [...] The “What if?” of Dual-Use Research Awareness - FAS Strategic Security Blog [...] [...] The “What if?” of Dual-Use Research Awareness – FAS Strategic Security Blog [...]

]]> By: AxMi-24 http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/06/the-%e2%80%9cwhat-if%e2%80%9d-of-dual-use-research-awareness.php/comment-page-1#comment-3152 AxMi-24 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:21:02 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/?p=248#comment-3152 This sounds a lot like good old days of cold war and to get it over with the eastern germany stasi stuff. People spying and reporting on each other? Let's get realistic it's going to be missused and not much good will come from it (since there is no need to do the "compromising" stuff in the lab, any knowledge can be used for either good or bad). You can't do research without it offerring possibilities for both "sides". If you are afraid of bio terrorism the best way is to head of the terrorist by removing the reason for them and support for them (hint bombing the shit out of the people is not a good way and EU and US need to learn that). This sounds a lot like good old days of cold war and to get it over with the eastern germany stasi stuff. People spying and reporting on each other? Let’s get realistic it’s going to be missused and not much good will come from it (since there is no need to do the “compromising” stuff in the lab, any knowledge can be used for either good or bad). You can’t do research without it offerring possibilities for both “sides”.

If you are afraid of bio terrorism the best way is to head of the terrorist by removing the reason for them and support for them (hint bombing the shit out of the people is not a good way and EU and US need to learn that).

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