Debate: Ban on battlefield lasers

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Should lasers on the battle field be banned internationally?

Background and Context of Debate:

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Effects: Are lasers egregiously harmful to soldiers?

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Yes

• Laser-induced blindness is severe and cannot be cured.

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No

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History: Does history indicate that lasers should be banned?

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Yes

• Lasers should be banned like blinding gases were banned after WWI. "Ban cruel laser weapons' says Red Cross". New Scientist. 19 Nov. 1994 - "SEVENTY years after the spectre of soldiers blinded by gas during the First World War led to an international ban on chemical weapons, the Red Cross is campaigning for a ban on the use of battlefield lasers to blind the enemy. This time around, says Louise Doswald-Beck, a senior legal adviser to the Red Cross, it should not take a practical demonstration of the effects to convince nations that they should be banned."

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No

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Pro/con resources

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Yes

• "Ban cruel laser weapons' says Red Cross". New Scientist. 19 Nov. 1994

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No

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