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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 12 Sep 2013

    I've never understood those who assert that killing people with chemicals is worse than blowing them to bits with a bomb.

    10:46 AM - 12 Sep 2013
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      1. Ξxpherience‏ @Expherience 12 Sep 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        “@neiltyson: I've never understood those who assert that killing people with chemicals is worse than blowing them to bits with a bomb” Truth

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      2. hallowellen teapot  👻‏ @asmallteapot 12 Sep 2013
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        @_Jordan @neiltyson Because we all know, civilians killed by Americans deserve to die more than civilians killed by Arabs.

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      4. hallowellen teapot  👻‏ @asmallteapot 12 Sep 2013
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        @_Jordan But we know we will, and we do it anyway.

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      6. hallowellen teapot  👻‏ @asmallteapot 12 Sep 2013
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        @_Jordan George W Bush intended to create a free and democratic Republic of Iraq.

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      8. hallowellen teapot  👻‏ @asmallteapot 12 Sep 2013
        Replying to @_JordanArchived

        @_Jordan I’m just saying, intent is all well and good, but good intentions do not make good results.

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      2. Keith Cowing‏ @KeithCowing 12 Sep 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson you can hear the bombs coming.

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      3. Andrew Poure‏ @apoure25 12 Sep 2013
        Replying to @KeithCowing

        @KeithCowing @neiltyson The chemical weapons are usually air-dropped munitions as well. Same delivery method.

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      4. Keith Cowing‏ @KeithCowing 12 Sep 2013
        Replying to @apoure25

        .@apoure25 @neiltyson having once been exposed to Phosgene I would rather be blown to bits than endure slow death from chemical weapons.

        4 replies 2 retweets 6 likes
      5. Andrew Poure‏ @apoure25 12 Sep 2013
        Replying to @KeithCowing

        @KeithCowing @neiltyson Not arguing with that at all.

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      6. Keith Cowing‏ @KeithCowing 12 Sep 2013
        Replying to @apoure25

        .@apoure25 you cannot run away from chemical weapons. By the time you are aware you are usually doomed.

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      2. Scott Francis ن‏ @darkuncle 12 Sep 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson it has to do with the potential for a much larger-scale, indiscriminate effect than standard (non-WMD) munitions typically have

        10 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
      3. krellen grumpyman‏ @krellend20 12 Sep 2013
        Replying to @darkuncle

        @darkuncle @neiltyson Explosions are pretty non-discriminatory. How many civilians died in Tokyo in WWII thanks to bombing?

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      4. Scott Francis ن‏ @darkuncle 12 Sep 2013
        Replying to @krellend20

        @krellend20 note non-WMD caveat in my original post. chem weapons are banned by international accord for good reason.

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      5. krellen grumpyman‏ @krellend20 12 Sep 2013
        Replying to @darkuncle

        @darkuncle Tokyo wasn't hit by a WMD. Tokyo was bombed with conventional bombs. More people died in Tokyo than both Hiroshimi and Nagasaki.

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      6. Scott Francis ن‏ @darkuncle 12 Sep 2013
        Replying to @krellend20

        @krellend20 you're right, I mis-parsed - still, as I noted, chem weapons specifically are banned by international accord for good reason.

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      2. Steve Inskeep‏Verified account @NPRinskeep 12 Sep 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson In my experience, most bullets & bombs miss their targets: in gunfights many die, but most live. Sarin properly used kills all.

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