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No, fighter planes are weapons: they're for killing with or at least threatening to kill with. Like a sword: no peaceful use.

A kitchen knife is for cooking with: it's a kitchen tool.

Your analogy is broken, unless you can't tell the difference between serving dinner and severing heads.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Oct 13th, 2008 at 04:21:23 PM EST
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what if he's intending to cook the foreigners after they're killed? ;-)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Oct 13th, 2008 at 04:40:40 PM EST
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It's hard to imagine a more peaceful tool than a weapon, at least if you're a Swede. Weapons are used for deterrence, to reduce the risk of war, "Peace is our profession" etc.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Tue Oct 14th, 2008 at 11:07:03 AM EST
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