Tear Gas Is A Banned Chemical Weapon, But US Lobbying Made It Okay For Domestic Use... And, Boy, Do We Use It

Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:46:11 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
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"If you've been watching what's going on in Ferguson, Missouri, lately,
you're quite well aware that the police have been basically spraying
tear gas almost everywhere they can. Suddenly, articles are springing up
all over the internet about the use of tear gas — which, it turns out
is technically banned for use in warfare as a chemical weapon. The
history of how that came about, however, is a bit complicated, as this
State Department notice on tear gas discusses. Basically, there was a
dispute over whether or not tear gas violated the Geneva Conventions."

Tear gas is not "safe", and we don't really know that "nobody got
seriously harmed" because it can cause long-term harm.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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