In the news

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8188466.stm

that shit's fucked up.

Sorry if I'm being horrible, but why is that any more fucked up than cows being bred for meat?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8196166.stm

Happy Birthday Geneva Convention

EDIT:

"In World War I, the ratio of soldiers to civilians killed was 10 to one.
In World War II it became 50-50, and today the figures are almost reversed - up to 10 civilians killed for every one soldier. "

Fuckinell.

That's a scary article:

One problem the ICRC has, however, in trying to encourage respect for the conventions, is that modern conflicts are often fought not between two identifiable formal armies, but between and among a variety of armed groups, including informal militias and even criminal gangs.

Outsourcing.