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1. "Mass" is an

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2013, 09:46 AM

Apr 2013

interesting and flexible term. Though, to me, "bomb" would suffice. WMD has had some useful Orwellian effects and is a primed term that was inserted by the Bush Regime.

So, we know that an M-80 is not an WMD and that an AK-47, say, fired amidst a crowd in a 360-degree circle with one clip of 30 rounds is not a WMD, it is simply a gun. Big difference.

OK. Making a note of that in my official definitions manual. Check.

Ah, enlightenment.

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