Re: Inhumane Weapons

> An inhumane weapon is determined arbitrarily.  

Also, don't forget the relevant international agreements, such as the 
Geneva convention and more recent ones, banning such things as Dum-Dum 
bullets, chemical weapons and, m9ost recently, anti-personnel mines.

> While weapons of mass destruction such as poison gas and nuclear 
> weapons obviously fall into this category, on occation weapons that > 
would seem very humane have been banned  CS (Tear) gas was banned 
> from U.S. Army use in Viet Nam after it was proven effective at 
> clearing out "spider holes" or the tunnel system the filthy* VC 
> used.  

You mean 'filthy because they lived in tunnels' ?

I have read that the use of tear gas was banned because it was 
considered a chemical weapon and in violation of the Geneva convention.
Still, 
odd reasoning.

> After the ban soldiers had to go in with flashlights 
> and .45's (rather more dangerous than rolling in a few 
> cannisters...)

Greetings
Karl Heinz