Monday, January 8, 2007

Stupid TV Shows

From the Discovery Channel Web site for a show called Future Weapons:
Combining a swivel barrel with a video sighting array, [the Cornershot] allows the operator to observe and fire at a target around corners without exposing himself to enemy fire.... Its Israeli designers and other experts see great potential for the weapon in anti-terrorist operations.
This makes perfect sense because terrorists always hide around corners. With this weapon, the mighty U.S. military will surely vanquish evil forthwith.

6 comments:

Paul Burdick said...

We are never more inventive when we are attempting to kill or save lives.

out of the night that covers me said...

always around corners.

David Clark said...

And especially when we are trying to kill and save lives at the same time.

Anonymous said...

I miss you, Jersey!

C Neal said...

The problem I have with this weapon is that it just kowtows to the terrorist corners, instead of showing the corners who's really in charge.

What we really need is a big tank that's also a giant belt sander.

Those corners will have no place to hide.

David Clark said...

That's a brilliant idea! Not only will terrorists, corners, and terrorist corners have no hiding places, but the military-industrial complex and the carpentry industry will profit. The only downside is that coroners will also get business, and we all know that coroners are catercorner to corners in terms of vileness. Hell, the two of them together could corner the evil market.