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164 states have already signed an anti-personnel mine treaty, and more countries will join in the coming years. 48 million land mines have already been destroye
by gizmo 6y ago
164 states have already signed an anti-personnel mine treaty, and more countries will join in the coming years. 48 million land mines have already been destroyed because of this Ottawa treaty, and this is a moral good.
There is a strong movement for banning anti-personnel mines precisely because they are horrific weapons that kill and maim indiscriminately.
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- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> precisely because they are horrific weapons that kill and maim indiscriminately The problem with mines is less that they are indiscriminate and more that they outlast their battles.
- analog31 6y agoThose are two sides of the same coin, still indiscriminate if they are not limited in both time and target.
- credit_guy 6y agoIf discrimination in terms of time is what concerns you, then I guess you'll welcome this new development of autonomous machine guns used for area denial, right? They address exactly the problem, after all.