Weapons Development

Personally I believe that a country should have a way to defend themselves from anything. Weapons of mass destruction can cause lots of damage and could persuade people not to mess with that country. On the other hand weapons of mass destruction are a little bit to powerful to make the point of, 'dont mess with our country'. There has been many wars over the issue and i believe that one country cannot force another country not to build weapons but it is possible to persuade that country into not building those weapons. Ethics are called into play prior to using the weapon. When the finger is hovering over the fire button is when the person begins to think, "Hey, if I push this button people will die." At that moment most people begin to feel hesitant about pushing the fire button. If they press that fire button, a projectile is going to be heading someones way and that person may not survive that explosion.



 Kridler,Chris. Fire Button. 2002. Sky Diary.

In the book A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, it tells of a young boy becoming a child soldier. He is taken away by UNICEF after fighting for two years in the war and he is then on the road to redemption. The weapons used in the book ranged from Ak-47 to RPGs. Those weapons played a major role in Ishmael rehabilitation after the war. When being a child soldier, that was the first time Ishmael has ever held/used a gun. When he was in his first battle he say the destruction a gun could do by seeing the death of his fellow squad member. After he say the shooting he completely changed as a person. He began to become more violent and began to become numb to killing. That is the impact weapons had in A Long Way Gone.