Reply #43: You say, "Landmines need to be banned . .

[msmcghee]

. . There is no excuse for their use."

Not even saving the lives of your family on the other side of that line of land mines? Are you saying that if land mines were the only thing that could save your family from death . . that wouldn't be a good enough excuse for you.?

That defies all credulity.

And, "And your excuses for the use of land mines are disturbing."

Disturbing? It's disturbing that someone would want to defend the lives of their family from thugs and murderers who have attacked them in the past?

Certainly you can explain yourself better than that. Make a logical case why you are more concerned about what weapons someone uses to defend themselves from attack - than the fact that someone attacked them to start with. Just how does that work in your world?