• Question: Do you agree with biological warfare?

    Asked by to Bethany, Hannah, Keith, Peter, Ramya on 19 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Bethany Dearlove answered on 19 Jun 2014:

      No, I don’t agree with biological warfare. It represents the potential for indiscriminate killing that other weapons of mass destruction (such as nuclear or chemical weapons) can’t. Other weapons have a limit – even if that is only the distance in which they are effective – whereas using pathogens for warfare could spread rapidly across the globe, infecting military and civilian alike.

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      Hannah Tanner answered on 19 Jun 2014:

      Personally I don’t agree with killing anyone with a biological weapon or a non-biological one.

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      Peter Elliott answered on 19 Jun 2014:

      No, as it does not discriminate between civilian and soldier. There is also the possibility of unforeseen effects that could last a long time which could affect more people or the environment.

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      Keith Grehan answered on 19 Jun 2014:

      Definitely not. Killing people in war is bad enough but there is a limit to how much control we have over any organism even if we have created it. Living things evolve and adapt so as each of the others said the risk is way too way and the results could be horrible.

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      Ramya Bhatia answered on 22 Jun 2014:

      Definitely not. Bioweapons would be extremely difficult to control and noone can understand the true impact that it can have if ever used

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