Re:Why Don’t We Use Chemical Weapons Anymore?
by iudqnolq on Friday October 07, 2022 @11:33PM
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This is one of those sayings that's technically true but misses the point by a mile.
A wounded soldier is a greater burden than a dead soldier, so a possible tactic would be to deliberately wound. Some people thought that was especially amoral, so they added a rule against it to what they called international law.
So most police weaponry is illegal under international law, but it's illegal because it's less deadly than the permitted alternative.
A wounded soldier is a greater burden than a dead soldier, so a possible tactic would be to deliberately wound. Some people thought that was especially amoral, so they added a rule against it to what they called international law.
So most police weaponry is illegal under international law, but it's illegal because it's less deadly than the permitted alternative.