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I have written software that is being used by the military and I didn't find it concerning. I find the anti-military sentiment on this website more concerning.

I'm pretty liberal but I do not think the military is a vestigial organ. Your worldview is not the only worldview. Your morality is not the only morality.

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When did I claim a morality or worldview? You may be reading my posts in bad faith.

Your post implies that a person ought to be concerned if the military wants to use software that person has written. To me, it seems obvious that that perspective follows from various propositions about the world and about morality.

If you meant anything other than that by your post, feel free to explain. But I don't see any other way to interpret what you wrote. I don't think I'm guilty of misinterpretation, and certainly not "bad faith" i.e. willful misinterpretation.

I meant it could be reasonable to be concerned.

Concerned why? Because of moral reasons? If not, you need to explain further.

The examples you chose (TCP/IP, airplanes, etc.) show pretty clear willful misinterpretation, and I think you know that.

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