""I have an absolute loathing of any device designed specifically for killing human beings...

Like the Armed Forces, for instance?""

Strangely no Greg F, for the reason I gave below.

1. The armed Forces aren't devices, they are men.

2. Circumstances DO alter cases, and a standing army is, and always has been, a necessity for any country wishing to keep its borders secure.

So NO! I don't loathe the armed forces. I do however loathe the cynical bastards who send them to war on the pretext of defence, when the real reason is a desire for more than their share of the World's resources.

Don T.