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Thread ID: 87392	2008-02-19 21:33:00	Let's Ban Cluster Bombs	Roscoe (6288)	PC World Chat

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641996	2008-02-20 00:36:00	Lets ban people. That will cure all the problems in one go.	pctek (84)
641997	2008-02-20 01:12:00	What's the difference between a cluster bomb and any other bombs. If you are handy when one is dropped near you ,you won't worry about what sort it is. From Wikipedia "While all weapons are potentially dangerous to civilians, cluster bombs pose a particular threat to civilians for two reasons: they have a wide area of effect, and they have consistently left behind a large number of unexploded bomblets. The unexploded bomblets remain dangerous for decades after the end of a conflict."	PaulD (232)
641998	2008-02-20 01:56:00	From Wikipedia "While all weapons are potentially dangerous to civilians, cluster bombs pose a particular threat to civilians for two reasons: they have a wide area of effect, and they have consistently left behind a large number of unexploded bomblets. The unexploded bomblets remain dangerous for decades after the end of a conflict." What? You mean someone cares? I thought that the thinking was that civilians are expendable (say that quietly, please) and any civilian casualties are regretable. Certainly that was the thinking of the Yanks in WW2 when they rolled into Germany. Destroy anything and everything before it destroys you, harmless looking or not. Fire first ask questions (of any civilians left) later. Can't imagine why their thinking would be any different these days.	Roscoe (6288)
641999	2008-02-20 02:06:00	Why single out the Yanks? No one should have any illusions about warfare, it's the use of weapons that persist long after the war ends.	PaulD (232)
642000	2008-02-20 02:22:00	Why single out the Yanks? No one should have any illusions about warfare, it's the use of weapons that persist long after the war ends. True, but they are the ones who seem to consider themselves the world policemen and stick their nose in many conflicts. And if they are not there in person they certainly support some conflicts in other ways. The Americans were, for example, were a big (not so covert) contributor to the "troubles" in Ireland. They supplied both money and arms to the IRA. But, of course, it's those throwing weapons indiscriminately around, both supplying and shooting. "Let's not worry to much about those ones that did not explode. They'll kill some innocent civilian later on so the weapons won't be a complete waste." A dream, I know, but wouldn't it be nice if it stopped? But then Mr Bush would not make his hundredth million. How sad. Saw a good (but violent) film some years back called "Rollerball." Countries fought their wars with the violent Rollerball game. Only a few casualties, none of them dead, just badly injured. What a good idea.	Roscoe (6288)
642001	2008-02-20 02:30:00	True, but they are the ones who seem to consider themselves the world policemen and stick their nose in many conflicts. And if they are not there in person they certainly support some conflicts in other ways. The Americans were, for example, were a big (not so covert) contributor to the "troubles" in Ireland. They supplied both money and arms to the IRA. But, of course, it's those throwing weapons indiscriminately around, both supplying and shooting. "Let's not worry to much about those ones that did not explode. They'll kill some innocent civilian later on so the weapons won't be a complete waste." A dream, I know, but wouldn't it be nice if it stopped? But then Mr Bush would not make his hundredth million. How sad. Saw a good (but violent) film some years back called "Rollerball." Countries fought their wars with the violent Rollerball game. Only a few casualties, none of them dead, just badly injured. What a good idea. Futile occupation Rosso,trying to change the nature of man. Take the Jesus fiasco.	Cicero (40)
642002	2008-02-20 03:35:00	Futile occupation Rosso,trying to change the nature of man. Take the Jesus fiasco. You're most definitely right, as usual, Cissy. I can't imagine changing the nature of man but I did think it ridiculous that anyone should be meeting to talk about how they can best limit the killing of people - not stop it - limit it. Surely any number above zero is too many? Yes, I suppose if Jesus had problems, then there's not much hope for the rest of us. Perhaps I should just go back to watching the cricket!	Roscoe (6288)
642003	2008-02-20 03:38:00	NEWS FLASH Cluster Bombs in the hit game 'Worms' have been blamed for several cluster bombings in real life. Lots of countries are going to some meeting to talk about stuff that will never happen. Meanwhile, the game Worms is currently being investigated and any future games may be banned. Lets ban people. That will cure all the problems in one go. I'm pretty sure China has already started that with a little thing called birth control.	--Wolf-- (128)
642004	2008-02-20 03:40:00	You're most definitely right, as usual, Cissy. I can't imagine changing the nature of man but I did think it ridiculous that anyone should be meeting to talk about how they can best limit the killing of people - not stop it - limit it. Surely any number above zero is too many? Meeting to talk about stopping killing altogether would be futile. But meeting to try and put breaks the scale of carnage is at least a step in the right direction. Any number above zero may well be too many, but if any number above zero can be saved, then isn't that worth doing?	Biggles (121)
642005	2008-02-20 04:00:00	Meeting to talk about stopping killing altogether would be futile. But meeting to try and put breaks the scale of carnage is at least a step in the right direction. Any number above zero may well be too many, but if any number above zero can be saved, then isn't that worth doing? Do you mean a bit like the Israelis and the Palestinians?	Cicero (40)
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