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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 43 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (3 children)

I agree.

Boy Scouts used to get jack knives in 3rd grade.

My pacifist mom brought me all the guns I wanted when I was a kid; by the time I was about 12 I decided guns were for little boys and put all of mine away. Never felt the need to own one.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 41 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

My pacifist mom brought me all the guys I wanted when I was a kid

nice

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 14 points 18 hours ago

Edited, and you have a filthy mind.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 18 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

My pacifist mom brought me all the guys I wanted when I was a kid

Um...

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 6 points 18 hours ago

Edited, thanks for being pervy

[jk]

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

and put all of mine away

Mines too?!

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 10 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

The landmine is a purely defensive weapon, unlike a gun.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 19 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

They're especially useful for defending against innocent civilians decades after the war ends.

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 3 points 12 hours ago

It's cheap and effective against invaders, sometimes when you're in bind you need to use terrible tools

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Depends on how you use the gun. But that's the thing about landmines, you "plant" them rather than "use" them, and pure fate alone is the arbiter of the mine's "use." Landmines kill indiscriminately, they don't care what team you're on, how old you are, if you're even a combatant at all or just a 6yo civilian child, but a gun at least requires a person to make the decision to act or not. It is for this reason that I contend while guns can be (not always are) used morally, landmines cannot, even when they do happen to find a "correct" target.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

I just realized this isn't NCD...