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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chosun Juan" data-source="post: 3636723" data-attributes="member: 92780">Hi Jan   :hi:Not directed at you, and Just my personal opinion of course (and my addition of the quotation marks to  "hit") , but that sounds highly unethical. Unless a living creature can be guaranteed of dying painlessly in 1/10,000th of a second - ie. a brain shot, then the "HunTer" has no business in taking that creatures life IMHO - it's just cruelty and to do it for "fun" or "sport" is macho bullsh*t    :storm:   :-CThere are companies in America that are developing "Expert" systems for long range aiming to be plugged in like an "app" so that any monkey off the street can make "kills" (though not instantaneous) at ridiculous distances of circa 1000yd using tactical sniper type calibers - .338, .416, .50 etc.  .... Fantastic ay?  It's not 'murder' at all --- just one big video game    :storm:Add this to the robotized mobile automatic weapons platforms and we are only one AI slip away from some sort of 'Terminator Skynet' nightmare coming to pass.   :eek!:I agree with you that the business bottom line must be sustainable - after all, there are not nearly as many mechanical watch and clock makers, and horse and buggy workshops around as there used to be!  3<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />With Germany's (lax) product labeling laws and the inevitable march of globalisation, I doubt this move will be such a major upset (except perhaps for some individual families that may not want to move, or have any work to move to).Chosun    :gh:</blockquote>

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