PugJesus@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agoDon't break the laws of war. Be the reason there needs to BE a law!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down12
arrow-up1150arrow-down1imageDon't break the laws of war. Be the reason there needs to BE a law!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·edit-21 day agoExplanation: A brilliant fellow by the name of John Doughty during the US Civil War suggested getting a head start on the atrocity carousel by initiating mass chemical warfare about 50 years early. This is by no means a concerning idea, and Mr. Doughty was doubtlessly a wholly sane and stable individual. Luckily, the suggestion was not adopted. Funny enough, the Lieber Code adopted by the Union during the Civil War, dealing with the rules of warfare, DOES actually prohibit the use of poison, so this idea would have been illegal even at the time.
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours ago The first recorded modern proposal for the use of chemical warfare was made by Lyon Playfair Hmmm…
Explanation: A brilliant fellow by the name of John Doughty during the US Civil War suggested getting a head start on the atrocity carousel by initiating mass chemical warfare about 50 years early. This is by no means a concerning idea, and Mr. Doughty was doubtlessly a wholly sane and stable individual. Luckily, the suggestion was not adopted.
Funny enough, the Lieber Code adopted by the Union during the Civil War, dealing with the rules of warfare, DOES actually prohibit the use of poison, so this idea would have been illegal even at the time.
Hmmm…