Top o' the morning to you Monty my dear chap.
I have another day off today - punctuated by shifting stuff to the tip and possibly having a beer.

The conventional vs gas debate is said (by governments) to be that gas is 'indiscriminate' and 'uncontrollable'. I believe that governments don't like the idea of gas because it's far too easy to make and deploy. Imagine the idea of a 'suicide gasser' - you can carry enough gas/precursors in a backpack to kill far more people that you ever would with explosives.
Three guys like that on the tube in rush hour = tens of thousands dead.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 8:11, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

They tried that in Tokyo, didn't work that well.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 8:12, Reply)

Wasn't that the Aum cult?
I think they tried Sarin IIRC - it would be easier and more destructive with VX, but VX is harder to make.
Edit. The Sarin used in the Tokyo attack was found to be impure and of quite low toxicity (compared to the real stuff). As well, the perpetrators had no intention of being martyrs so they didn't actually release the stuff effectively. Nevertheless 13 people died.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 8:15, Reply)

I have a feeling every home made chemical weapon would be pretty shit.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 8:26, Reply)

I dunno
Chorine gas is really easy to make and its nasty stuff.
( Peej, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 8:33, Reply)

Thanks for the tip, Peej!

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 9:01, Reply)