• Firestorm Druid@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    Are all of these “laws” in place because incendiary weapons are especially cruel compared to a simple shot to the dome?

    • JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Preface: I am no expert, this is just my understanding.
      Weapons that are illegal/considered war crimes fall roughly into categories of:

      A. Indiscriminate - kill soldiers and non-combatants/civilians alike (eg. Land mines, incendiary, cluster bombs, etc)

      B. Cruel - especially painful ways to die or designed to cause ongoing suffering and maiming. (Eg: gas/chemical warfare, dirty bombs, etc)
      A lot of weapons tick both of those boxes, and there are possibly more i am unaware of.

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      2 months ago

      I assure you one thing: If it happened to you and you survived, you will not wish this on your worst enemy.

      i have a hard time explaining this to people, they simply don’t get it-.