From a 2001 bill that would have the U.S. ban use of space-based weapons:
Aluminum Foil Helmet wrote:
(ii) Inflicting death or injury on, or damaging or destroying, a person (or the biological life, bodily health, mental health, or physical and economic well-being of a person)--
(I) through the use of any of the means described in clause (i) or subparagraph (B);
(II) through the use of land-based, sea-based, or space-based systems using radiation, electromagnetic, psychotronic, sonic, laser, or other energies directed at individual persons or targeted populations for the purpose of information war, mood management, or mind control of such persons or populations; or
(III) by expelling chemical or biological agents in the vicinity of a person.
I'm studying for the CPA exam. Have a nice summer, and if you're down just sit back and realize that Joe is off somewhere, doing much worse than you are.
kojikun wrote:i think we have some kooks in the bill-writing process
This guy is running for President.
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I'm studying for the CPA exam. Have a nice summer, and if you're down just sit back and realize that Joe is off somewhere, doing much worse than you are.
Durran Korr wrote:From a 2001 bill that would have the U.S. ban use of space-based weapons:
Aluminum Foil Helmet wrote:
(ii) Inflicting death or injury on, or damaging or destroying, a person (or the biological life, bodily health, mental health, or physical and economic well-being of a person)--
(I) through the use of any of the means described in clause (i) or subparagraph (B);
(II) through the use of land-based, sea-based, or space-based systems using radiation, electromagnetic, psychotronic, sonic, laser, or other energies directed at individual persons or targeted populations for the purpose of information war, mood management, or mind control of such persons or populations; or
(III) by expelling chemical or biological agents in the vicinity of a person.
*laughs* Myself, I think he put it in there to make sure people were paying attention. It's something I'd do if I were a Congressman - slip wacky language into a bill to make sure people actually READ the damn thing before voting on it.
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You actually think that congressmen write their own bills? They have a staff dedicated to doing that. Of course, they review all the stuff their staff has written and make suggestions, so it's perfectly possible that Kucinich saw that bill and said, "You forgot 'mind control'."
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Interesting, it doesn't ban airborne applications of such weapons
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Curious, would leaving in the part about mind control do any harm? Aside from being silly, is there anything wrong with banning something that doesn't exist?
It's something I'd do if I were a Congressman - slip wacky language into a bill to make sure people actually READ the damn thing before voting on it.
