U.S. Tried to Develop 'Sex Bomb'

[ordos45]

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11937748%255E13762,00.html

It seems in 1994 we tried to develop an aphrodesiac chemical weapon so enemy soldiers would be too busy lusting after each other to fight.  :O

[Dante]

Why was it abandoned? Seems like an interesting enough non-harmful way of winning a battle. And of course the blackmail potential would be incredible. ;D

[nemafakei]

I think that the Geneva Convention would, at least in spirit, cover it.

[veK]

why develop such a bomb? most soldiers become gay after a while anyway if they don't see a woman  ;D

[Dante]

I think that the Geneva Convention would, at least in spirit, cover it.

You mean for being cruel and unusual (or something), or because it would technically be a chemical weapon?

...Come to think of it, the Geneva Convention wouldn't exactly prove a hinderance to the US, would it?

[nemafakei]

veK, see GEOD.

"...Come to think of it, the Geneva Convention wouldn't exactly prove a hinderance to the US, would it?"

True.

But there's excess violence which they can claim to their public is justified because they're the enemy, and there's making them patently nonviolent - which means that doing anything to the subsequently is very difficult to justify.

Oh, and I think some elements in the US would have an ethical problem with encouraging homosexuality. Sticking to carpet bombing is much better.

[leo]

lol. It was in the news here also. :)

[Caid Ivik]

Hippie generation takes the power. Make love, not war!  ;D

[Dunenewt]

I wonder if Tom Jones gave a hand?

[Tako]

lol. It was in the news here also. :)

here too, lol even the newsreporter could not restrain his grin ;D

[Seal89999]

???

Thats just Fu***d up......

[Tako]

well that is an other way of saying it.....  ;D ;D ;)

would not have used that word in this context though

[ordos45]

Oh the punnage...at least they never carried through.  I can imagine the headline "Bush launches decapitation strike, Baghdad engaged in rampant sex thanks to secret weapon". :O

[Jack Leaf]

Hah, that bomb could develop entire nation of homosexuals.  ::)

[Dante]

A nation of suicides more like. The effect would be temporary and when coming round I imagine a lot of people would think that their masculinity was broken beyond repair. Silly people.

[Jack Leaf]

Temporary? I thought the effect was lasting. That fact makes the bomb a bit more human - I mean, it would be rather harsh to turn men into gays for forever. It would be inhuman to modify a human that greatly.

However you're right, suicide rates would get rather high. Or people sacrificing themselves in a battle.

... but what if there are women in the enemy army?  :P