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# Bombs don't kill people
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/19387/
- Published: 2005-09-27T19:09:11.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:34:02.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15

oD friend, Hossein Derakhshan says in today's [Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1579478,00.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) (UK), that the world should worry more about whether Iran has a democratic government than whether it has nuclear weapons. "Beware the bomber, not the bomb," goes the headline - reminds me of the old mantra of the US National Rifle Association, "Guns don't kill people, people do". I suppose a country has the right to defend itself, but don't tell me nuclear bombs don't kill people. Hossein's argument is more thoughtful than that, take a look.