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Ukrainian drones now spray 4,000° F thermite streams right into Russian trenches (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Aradina@lemmy.ml 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

"Mustard gas is a weapon of war. There is nothing immoral about employing it as such."

I honestly hope you never have to experience war.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Mustard gas is ineffective. That is the actual reason it's outlawed: The opposing force dons gas masks, completely negating the effect, the only stuff that it still kills is collateral damage. That's precisely what happened during WWI: It made everything nastier without actually having an impact on the strategic level.

There's this notion among many people that the Geneva convention is about preventing cruelty or something, not at all: It's about preventing pointless cruelty. Cruelty that does not actually serve a military objective. War is hell, that's already a given.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago

They gave up pointless cruelty precisely because doing so cost them nothing.

[–] dulce_3t_decorum_3st@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Whereas you have no issue with people who agree with you having to experience war?

[–] Aradina@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't know how you got that from my comment.

[–] dulce_3t_decorum_3st@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I was being mildly sarcastic, not antagonistic

[–] Aradina@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Sorry, that didn't come across well via text I guess

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I can't help but feel that being mildly sarcastic in response to someone's comment is, by its nature, somewhat antagonistic.

[–] dulce_3t_decorum_3st@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I accept this.