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Originally Posted by karice67
Ok, so let's get to what Var is. Is Var caused by a biological agent that is indiscriminate and destroys most if not all the people it infects?
In episode 9, we learn that the Var Syndrome is probably caused "when the fold bacteria that are living parasitically in a person's cells transmit and amplify intense emotions through hyperspace, making the individual behave violently."
In other words, the bacteria themselves don't cause the problem, it's emotions that cause it.
Windermere has spread the Var bacteria so that they can deliberately use it to control people, rather than killing them.
So again, how does this fit into the definition of WMD, given that it's not indiscriminate, but deliberate?
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Just so this is clear: I'm not trying to lambast anyone for thinking that Windermere is doing something that you find utterly unforgivable in a moral sense. What I am questioning is the way that some people are using the term "WMD" to excuse themselves from using logic to state their position. Instead, they're using a term so politicised that anyone who disagrees is automatically labelled as being 'immoral'.
Criticise (and 'hate on') Windermere all you want. But if you're going to use political terms, then be prepared to defend how you are using them. |
WMD are Nuclear, Biological or Chemical weapons in the real world. Var syndrome is caused by biological and chemical agents. So yes it fits the WMD category.
What you are quibling about is semantics. Trying to avoid the issue.