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Dude
SFN Die Hard
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... this can only go into the humor folder...
As part of a military effort to develop non-lethal weapons, the proposal suggested, "One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior."
The documents show the Air Force lab asked for $7.5 million to develop such a chemical weapon.
"The Ohio Air Force lab proposed that a bomb be developed that contained a chemical that would cause enemy soliders to become gay, and to have their units break down because all their soldiers became irresistably attractive to one another," Hammond said after reviwing the documents.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 06/12/2007 : 12:05:00 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dude
... this can only go into the humor folder...
As part of a military effort to develop non-lethal weapons, the proposal suggested, "One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior."
The documents show the Air Force lab asked for $7.5 million to develop such a chemical weapon.
"The Ohio Air Force lab proposed that a bomb be developed that contained a chemical that would cause enemy soliders to become gay, and to have their units break down because all their soldiers became irresistably attractive to one another," Hammond said after reviwing the documents.
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So now, bigoted generals are trying to find practical applications for their irrational prejudices? This would be funnier, were it not so scary that such idiots are charged with protecting our nation.
Making, for argument's sake, the huge leap that such a "Queer Bomb" is even possible in the first place, has it even occurred to the generals that the effect upon the opposition force might be something like the Sacred Band Of Thebes, an enemy army bonded tightly by their homosexuality?
| The reasoning behind the Sacred Band was that lovers would fight more fiercely and more cohesively at each other's sides than would strangers with no ardent bonds. |
Does the Air Force Academy even teach history anymore?
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 06/12/2007 : 12:10:13 [Permalink]
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Yeh, i got a good laugh out of that, but it wasn't much of a surprise. I think that it was George Carlin who pointed out what an oxymoron "military intelligence" is.
Further, I find myself reminded of the CIA's idiotic schemes to assasinate Castro, a few decades back. One of them involved -- I'm not making this up -- having his cigar explode, blowing his lips clear around to the back of his head. Heresy, I say, to desecrate a perfectly good Havana cigar, and the CIA was staffed with idiots! Conceivably, it may well still be.
Edit: Heh, what if the wind shifted and the gay wafted back upon our own troops, hmm? We'd have to shitcan the entire force under the 'don't ask, don't tell' nonsense.
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 06/12/2007 : 15:17:54 [Permalink]
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Hell, all that would do is cause the enemy to be better dressed and have better food then our troops.  |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2007 : 15:17:59 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
CBS seems to be over 2 years behind:
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Typical. An old journalistic slang term for the traditionally slow news days of summer is "the silly season." It's when news organizations are even more inclined than usual to dig up, or make up, ridiculous stories.
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 06/12/2007 : 15:18:08 [Permalink]
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| I can see more use for this in a civilian setting than a military one. You could earn a handsome amount of money if you managed to get such a product on the market. |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2007 : 15:19:24 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Hell, all that would do is cause the enemy to be better dressed and have better food then our troops.
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And to get into really great physical shape.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2007 : 15:21:04 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Hawks
I can see more use for this in a civilian setting than a military one. You could earn a handsome amount of money if you managed to get such a product on the market.
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I'd like to set off a Queer Grenade in a fundmentalist megachurch.
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JEROME DA GNOME
BANNED
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Posted - 06/12/2007 : 19:50:17 [Permalink]
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Sounds like an unfounded conspiracy theory to me.
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What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell |
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