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miralines · 2 years ago

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While we’re talking about war crimes. With the massive caveat that I am not an expert on international law, I think that legally speaking, Tim blowing up the moon may not technically qualify as a war crime. Because most of the provisions about excessive destruction specify that you have to knowingly be causing excessive destruction, and I’m not sure whether it’s clear Tim meant to blow up the entire moon, or just the Kaiser’s palace. So if hypothetically speaking I were Tim’s lawyer (though I am still not an expert) I’d probably be arguing that the cannon setting off a chain reaction with the rest of the bombs on the moon was an unforeseeable side effect, and thus an accident, and that it does not legally qualify as a war crime.

That said, the rampage of Tim Goes Crazy is very clearly a war crime (or series of war crimes) based on the Geneva Convention’s provision that quarter must be given.

#I think the kaiser's palace would fall under fair game as a military objective?#if not by the letter of the law at least probably in practice #the mechanisms #gunpowder tim #gunpowder tim vs the moon kaiser #see also the fact that I think blowing up the entirety of enemy territory would count as winning the war #and I'm genuinely uncertain how many people have been successfully procescuted as war criminals from the winning side #fun? fact: the line between business as usual and war crime seems to be... worryingly thin and blurry #with a lot of don't do this unless you can tell us specifically how it will help you win #anyway file this under weird extremely specific somehwat concerning research I have done for Mechs Fandom Purposes

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