Subject: Re: OT Sort of... Eric Frank Russell's "WASP" and current affairs
From: Steve Coltrin
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Lee DeRaud writes:
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> OTOH, the advances in military tech pretty much ensure that, when
> we mistakenly shoot at a friendly, we bloody well *hit* a friendly.
>
This reminds me of an incident a few years back in Seattle, where two cops mistook each other for a goblin and fired several dozen rounds, neither hitting the other.
If I were the Chief of Police, I'd be _pissed_. That is simply _not_ an acceptable display of marksmanship.