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Bilal Naveed

Fifth element... Mila Jovovich or someone of similar name.

Bilal Naveed

Well the whole point abt Geneva convention was side-tracked... so allow me to restart. What about deliberate bombing of civilian installations? Like Iraqi television?

Paul Watson

Maybe we are more humane and aware of the value of each life in this day and age. Also this war is different to most. It's justification is based on one single man in one single country. Also while it seems the assumption was wrong it was assumed that this is a David vs. Goliath situation with a slingless David. In those situations one assumes that Goliath can spare some of it's power to limit the civilian casuality rate while still defeating David. I assume when two enemies are evenly matched the fighting is much fiercer and the "colateral damage" more wide spread.

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David Wulff

Nitron wrote: Comments? Too many to write. :|

David Wulff

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peterchen

You're right, the biggest hazard comes from it being toxic, and using DU leaves lots of Uranium dust which is the preferred form to serve it for slow and painful killing purposes. [edit] When working with the material, you probably have learned that: a) particle physicists might seem a bit "careless" b) radiation protection, for lack of data, assumes that radiation doeses are cumulative Also be noted: A population seems to be able to adopt to certain levels of radiation - there seem to be genomes to control the mutation rate in a certain range. I rememebr a report about some tribe in africa, living above a natural U238 reservoir, having no higher rate of mutation than others.[/edit]

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Jason Henderson

How is that a civilian installation when its government controlled?

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Chris Austin

peterchen wrote: a) particle physicists might seem a bit "careless" I'd say they are a bunch of crazy bastards. Esp. the "Low Energy" guys. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

Bedri Egrilmez

So you also believe people are overexaggerating the 9/11 thing, right? After all a mere 3000 people perished, not even worth mentioning. Only 0.00005 of the casualties of the World World II. It certainly cannot be an excuse to invade two countries (so far). Or perhaps there are some informal ratios I am unaware of, say: 1 US casualty = 3 UK casualties = 1000 Iraqi casualties

peterchen

Chris Austin wrote: I'd say they are a bunch of crazy bastards OK, that matches better ;) I just wanted to be careful...

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Chris Austin

peterchen wrote: I just wanted to be careful... :) No offense taken, I was primarily a solid-state and computational physics type. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

Nitron

It's incredible how people can take a comment and twist it every which way until it makes the person look like a fool. Kinda' like me posting something with the headline: CPian, Bedri Egrilmez, claims new formula for the justification of September 11 attacks! 1 US casualty = 3 UK casualties = 1000 Iraqi casualties ! :wtf: Imagine the replies from that. ;P - Nitron

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