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Shaktimaan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-09 02:51 AM
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4. do you believe everything you read?
Or just the things that bolster the beliefs that you already hold?

Don't you find it a little strange that the only information about these DIME weapons being used in Gaza has consistently come from this same small group of Norwegian doctors who always make accusations of this sort? Accusations which have never been proven or even been given any real consideration aside from these few people and press who repeat their statements.

That said, even if these DIME weapon accusations turn out to be completely true, what exactly is so horrible about them? It seems to me that the main trait of this weapon is to inflict severe damage to an extremely small area, essentially killing anyone who stands within the weapon's range while leaving everyone else, and any buildings and infrastructure unharmed. Why would you consider a weapon of this sort to be more inhumane than a conventional bomb, which would kill anyone it landed next to just as surely as a DIME weapon while also destroying everyone and everything else within a large blast radius?
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