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Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves by bduerst on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @01:55PM (#18709393)
>Can you cite a law that says they're not legal?

The Geneva convention, for starters.

It's also a five second Google search: https://definitions.uslegal.com/b/booby-traps/

Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves by dragonwriter on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @03:57PM (#18710483)
> The Geneva convention

Which Geneva Convention applies to non-state actors not acting in the context of international or internal war? Please quote specifically the relevant provisions making it applicable to that case.

> It's also a five second Google search

Well, yes, that that's all the effort you devoted does explain the rather giant hole in your argument.

Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves by bduerst on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @10:48PM (#18712857)
>The Geneva convention, for starters.

Is the full statement. Individual state laws vary but it's important enough to be international law was the point.

From the article:

>If a person sets up such a trap to protect his/her property, he/she will be liable for any injury or death even to an unwanted intruder such as a burglar. It is illegal to set a booby trap on one's own property to prevent intruders.

Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves by dragonwriter on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @04:36AM (#18714432)
> >The Geneva convention, for starters.

> Is the full statement.

And that statement is wrong, AFAICT; the Geneva Conventions do not address the conduct at issue here, whether “for starters” or otherwise.

They might prohibit somewhat analogous conduct in a very disanalogous context [0] but context and conduct are not orthogonal considerations in law.

[0] or, maybe not; the specific instrument you are probably thinking of is Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons; it does address booby-traps, but the device at issue here is not a booby-trap as defined in that protocol (not designed to kill or injure).

Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves by JibJabLab on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @03:51PM (#18710416)
The Geneva Convention applies during wartime, does it not? AFAIK, we aren't in an actual war against theives...
Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves by jki275 on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @06:36AM (#18714951)
The Geneva Convention??

Seriously?

That betrays a total lack of comprehension for this entire discussion and the law.