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Leprosy is bacterial. In addition to curing leprosy with antibiotics, we also have anti-biotic resistant leprosy. What prevents a terrorist from deliberately infecting themself with leprosy and then engaging in promiscuous activity? How would a city like San Francisco, Washington DC, Paris or Berlin react to leprosy? When leprosy has a long incubation period, are we certain that leprosy isn't spreading already?
martyb: I was debating whether or not to run this story; from the Wikipedia page, "Contrary to popular belief, it is not highly contagious." But, there is more to this than just antibiotic-resistant leprosy. It invites discussion as to other agents with delayed response that could be employed. In addition, given a terrorist's intention to affect some other group, what options do they have which would affect that group without also adversely affecting their own group? How many of their own group are people willing to "harm" in the pursuit of harm to another group?
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday May 07 2017, @03:44AM (2 children)
Anything can be scary even if it does no harm. A little dirty bomb radiation? Maybe you get cancer in 30 years. But it's scary immediately to the people who live there.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @04:17AM (1 child)
But a dirty bomb is dramatic. There will be a bomb squad and twelve hours of nonstop live coverage beaming down from the networks. Be afraid! Cower in terror!
On the other hand, maybe that's the point. On noes! Brown people could be terrists! I might develop a big, scary condition that causes limbs to fall off (*snort* as if!) in 30 years! Better hate brown people! Destroy the invaders! Kill! Kill! Kill!
World war must be very profitable.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @04:27AM
Actually a lot of mid-eastern "brown people" are up to no good and the same goes for Arabs. Usually they have very little to contribute anyway and are easy to identify so contact can be avoided. A majority of these are into Islam and they are over represented in crimes and terrorism. A good part of those that don't do terrorism will instead support it.
Radioactive particles causes cancer that forces health services to amputate various parts. So yes, limbs may be lost.
War is business and very profitable.