From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Dave Ings wrote:
> Although Adam has taken me to task about it in the past :-) I have a really
> hard time getting excited about whether deadly weapon A is more lethal and
> less moral to use in battle than deadly weapon B.
>
> The net result is the same within an order of magnitude - too many people
> die.
> --

Ah ye olde penknife vs thermonuclear airbursting warhead.

It's not so much that they are nasty sodding things, it's also the fact
that in a situation like this where you are "not fighting lebanon
& the lebanese but..." then it is an active & deliberate
choice to leave small nasty ap devices lying around to kill some kiddies or
farm laborers in 6 months or 2 years from now.

It's akin to laying a minefield while keeping no maps.

Personally I think the manufacturers should be held liable coz then they do
summat about it ( e.g. tag all bomblets with something which makes the
uxb'es easy to find or increase the numbers which go off when
dropped.....or both).


Adam

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