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The thing about nanotechnology is that people could build small machines that you can't see to kill people. Hmmmm aren't we making some sort of Luddite argument?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

Yes, new technology can be used for bad things too.

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You can still kill people with swords, knives and hammers. Don't knock the deadliness of old technology. As I say, it's not the gun in the hands of the lunatic in front of the leader he needs to worry about: it's the stilettos in the hands of his ambitious friends standing behind him.

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