Talk:Chlorine bomb

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[edit] Article Creation

Noticed a few pages linking to this device, tried to address the issue without giving too much information on how it is made, although I think that's more because I have nfi how it's made and cbf'd looking it up. I wanted to reflect the fact that the media and police treat these items as though they're WMD's yet most kids, myself included, going through their 'yay blow shit up' phase (this is mostly a teenage male thing, unfortunately, call it a chromosonal defect!  :P) have made, or witnessed the making and detonating of many of these things. GAOTU 02:03, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Terrible article, in general

I think someone should make mention of the fact that these are being used currently by the terrorists in Iraq in a very lethal way, using other explosives to spread out the effective range of the chlorine. Which I might point out is entirely feasable here, this article really seems to give people the impression that making such an explosive device is reasonable, without mentioning large scale lethal use of chlorine bombs against people, which seems more encyclopedic to me. I am not saying recreational use of such should not be included, but I came here looking for uses of actual chlorine bombs in Iraq and elsewhere. also, the phrase "chlorine bombs are reflected by the authorities and media as legitamite IED's, although are commonly made by teenagers and children sometimes with unfortunate results, although most of these accidents are due to carelessness and ignorance alone." I can't begin to note the problems with that, first its a POV problem, it gives the impression that the authorities concern over people making explosives is unreasonable, that its perfectly normal to make chemical explosives at a young age, rather than buying firecrackers or what have you. Secondly are technical problems, the phrase "reflected by the authorities and media as legitamite IED's" as though their not actually IED's, which of course means improvised explosive device. I don't know how much more accurate a term you could get for a chorine bomb. then it says "commonly made by teenagers and children, sometimes with unfortunate results. Although most of these accidents are due to carelessness and ignorance alone" the word alone gives the distinct impression that if you show care that its not inherently dangerous but only if your careless or ignorant. Besides that (sigh) there's also the fact that whoever wrote this gave no citations at all, including his assertion that such devices are "commonly made by teenagers and children". Frankly I think this article should be deleted, it has no references of any kind and gives directions on how to make a bomb. Getting rid of it for that alone would be cencorship would be wrong, but if its not going to give citations it should scrapped or seriously improved, with references to other, non-recreational use. As it is I am just going to remove the section. Colin 8 04:42, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I rewrote the section that offended you, and mentioned Iraq. Please feel free to make more improvements. Your claim needs a reference just as much as the one about children does; maybe you could start there. Poor quality is not a reason to delete an article. This is a notable topic. --Alynna 05:09, 30 March 2007 (UTC)