The reality is, 'tzs started this thread by pointing out why Senator Paul's bill was flawed as a matter of policy: it precludes obviously legitimate uses of remote-controlled aerial devices, which are obviously going to be a commonplace technology in 10-15 years and are used with little regulatory drama by private industry today.

Naturally, the Libertarian Paladins of the Comment Thread want to turn 'tzs workmanlike point --- which, unlike the glittering pronouncement of principals favored by your fellow Paladins, actually involved reading the bill --- into a discussion of drones used to shoot hellfire missiles down the chimneys of anyone who would write an unfavorable comment on a message board about Romney or Obama.

But that's not the discussion 'tzs invited. He simply said: "this is a poorly written bill, so much so that it is obviously not going to get passed, so obviously that Senator Paul had to have either known that or be incompetent, and let's stipulate that he's not incompetent".

Can you address your comment to his actual point, rather than conjuring up some authoritarian demon that shoots drones armed with Wikileaks-seeking missles out of its butt? Because 'tzs is not that demon.