Sunday, November 2, 2014

Conference week assignment 2

For the second assignment I read, “So who can we kill?” by Michael Crowley. This science feature was about the government’s use and misuse of unmanned drone technology. There really wasn't very much science in this feature at all other than a few comments about the drones themselves. Most of the essay talked about the government itself and Obama’s actions regarding the drones. The author used some story like techniques to describe the problems with the unmanned drones and even more specifically, the irresponsibility of the government in using them. This article also took a turn to an issue that can be considered even larger and that is the seemingly unchecked secrecy that the government is allowed to use with they’re power. In my opinion, this was a great essay in explaining the controversial issue of the use of drones and the secrecy that the government overuses with them. There wasn't very much science or prickles in this essay at. This is ok however because this topic doesn't necessarily need a lot of prickles to be effective. For that reason though, I wouldn’t really think of this essay as much of a science feature paper but rather a controversial essay about a government issue.

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