[TML] War rules

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 6/2/08 3:43 AM, "Knapp" <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:

> Exactly, at some point the vector is safe or at least as safe as it can be
> but other vectors are death to the planet. It was said that they explosion
> is small compared to the planet but that really depends on the vector.
> Someone really large and well armored, thrusting at 6gs right at the planet
> for a long distance so that they can drop bombs with minimum exposure might
> really damage a planet. This would be a war crime. Other vectors fall into
> the acceptable risk category.

Heh.  If such bombardment itself isn't a war crime, the small risk of
uncontrolled impact shouldn't be.

And acts of war *always* go beyond what is "acceptable" in peacetime.



On 6/2/08 8:08 AM, "Knapp" <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wikipedia war crimes:
> War crimes are defined in the statute that established the International
> Criminal Court, which includes: Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions,
> such as: <big snip>

All of the clauses you tagged deal with *intentionally* doing those things.
Doing something that has a *risk* of such event doesn't qualify.

Thus, dropping a bomb on a factory making war parts is OK.  Bombing the city
just to scare the hell out of the population is not.  Flying over said city
to get to the factory, getting shot down, and the plane falling onto the
city is *not* a war crime, merely collateral damage.