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Eccles posted 06-16-99 05:03 PM ET
Well
I am talking in the the scale of millions. I want a cheap way, something like a concentration camp. Nukes are too expensive
4Horses posted 06-16-99 05:08 PM ET
Did you ever see the Monty Python episode where the Brits ran through the forest yelling a joke in German.......they died laughing.
I'd have to say that would be the cheapest....but maybe not the best.
Provost Harrison posted 06-16-99 05:51 PM ET
Biological weapons could be quite cheap to develop in bulk once you have developed the desired strain. Putting something like dioxin or strychnine in a cities water supply (in large quantities). That would be quite cheap. Although buying such large quantities of these substances would perhaps arouse suspicion.
JT 3 posted 06-16-99 06:29 PM ET
Actually, there's an even easier way. drop a lightbulb into a subway system. The lightbulb is filled with a disease, say Anthrax. Put this in the NY subway and poof, millions infected from riding. Millions more from being in the area of those already infected. I'd guess at least ten million people would be infected with Anthrax before it is stopped. Of course, if only one of the people infected took a plane to LA........
cousLee posted 06-16-99 07:05 PM ET
Make a bug free game. Millions would drop dead in shock, and you might even make a tidy profit.
JT 3 posted 06-16-99 07:11 PM ET
And one from LA took one to Tokyo, and one from there took one to Bejing, and one from there took one to Berlin, and one from there took one to Mexico City, and one from there took one to Paris, and one from there took one to London.....
Valtyr posted 06-16-99 07:38 PM ET
Don't give him any ideas!
Stasis Archon posted 06-16-99 07:55 PM ET
"In 1945 Peace broke out. It was the end of the Joke. Joke warfare was banned at a special session of the Geneva Convention, and in I950 the last remaining copy of the joke was laid to rest here in the Berkshire countryside, never to be told again."
I think the disease one would be the best.
Stasis Archon posted 06-16-99 07:56 PM ET
Oh yeah, the joke was:
Wenn ist das Nunstr�ck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! .. Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput.
Stasis Archon posted 06-16-99 07:59 PM ET
Give a gun to every American. They'll eventually shoot each other and/or themselves.
Frodo83 posted 06-16-99 08:10 PM ET
Then the survivors would go to war with Finland.
El Presidente posted 06-16-99 08:46 PM ET
Biological weapons are your best bet, Eccles. They are the weapons that keeps on killing.
SnowFire posted 06-16-99 10:09 PM ET
Take over an HMO, and make it even more profitable by denying almost all medical treatment. Use the money made from not havingt any expenses to take over the rest of the HMO's and brobe the government. It may be a slow killer, but over time, shoddy medical care can rack up quite impressive kill totals, not to mention wounded people and people who sick the rest of their life because they weren't treated early.
Hugo Rune posted 06-17-99 02:21 AM ET
"Eccles"? What happened to GEEV and FE? Are you just Bloodnook masquerading again?
M_ashwell posted 06-18-99 02:34 PM ET
i agree with bio
but make it an airborne virus it will infect millions
a cross between the common cold and smallpox
this is sick
Trappist posted 06-18-99 02:49 PM ET
If you ever go to Scotland, visit Gruinard Bay in the far North-West. You can see Gruinard island lying across the water just 300 metres away. It's very green. Very beautiful. Very still.
It's dead. The whole island is riddled with Anthrax spores from the UK biological warfare research. It looks so close that you could reach out and touch it.
There are times I want to find out who did it and show them how I feel about it.
icosahedron posted 06-18-99 03:08 PM ET
Gee, and I was hoping this thread was about clever ways to commit murder and get away with it!
- icosahedron
PS: Try 20ml of heavy water. Ackkk! And very difficult to trace unless the investigator has a hunch.
Q Cubed posted 06-18-99 05:18 PM ET
Heavy water is good. Toxic, it is.
Y'know, you could use a machine gun and kill them all in front of a mass grave.
Or, make it look like the end of the world is approaching. with those who don't kill themselves, just make sure you destroy the world, because the end IS coming.
Let Catbert be boss.
Veracitas posted 06-18-99 05:23 PM ET
Nukes are too expensive, true, but they would probably be your best bet, if you wanted to wipe out the billions living on this planet. Just some carefully placed nukes around the globe would--suppos�dly--submerge us in nuclear winter and kill everything except the deep see creatures that live off chemicals in the ground and not sunlight. If you are talking about an individual thing, then something biological would probably work best.
Noisy posted 06-18-99 05:44 PM ET
Back again.
Think laterally!
Spread a rumour that contraceptives cause cancer; the Catholics will jump on the bandwagon; birth control is banned; population explosion; mass starvation!
Noisy
Microposter to the Stars
eNo posted 06-18-99 09:37 PM ET
Increase media violence. Inpsires Littleton like acts of mass murder and also turns a Hollywood scale profit.
Ambro2000 posted 06-18-99 10:16 PM ET
Stasis Archon
Every American allready have atleast one gun and they are shoothing eachother pretty well

Ambro2000
ceebs posted 06-19-99 11:52 PM ET
Start a tobacco company, people pay you to kill themselves
Philip McCauley posted 06-20-99 02:33 PM ET
Ambro, there are something like 40 million firearms in circulation among the 255 or so million people in the US. And of those gun owners, I think 40% own more than one.
Also, I don't understand how tragedies like high school shootings can be funny to you people.
JohnIII posted 06-20-99 02:44 PM ET
Why do Americans get so touchy over the firearms issue?
John III
Philip McCauley posted 06-21-99 12:36 AM ET
If you mean the right to bear arms, it's because it's part of our Bill of Rights, and some hardheads can't see that it needs to be changed.
If you mean shootings, it's because they're very sad things that could've been avoided.
Personally, I believe that we should follow the writer's original meaning. I believe that everyone has the right to own a musket.
eNo posted 06-22-99 01:48 PM ET
Release some locusts and/or mice key farming areas.
Also, I don't understand how tragedies like high school shootings can be funny to you people.
Humour is a way to deal with bad situations.
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Author	Topic: Best/Cheapest way to kill lots of people.
Eccles	posted 06-16-99 05:03 PM ET Well I am talking in the the scale of millions. I want a cheap way, something like a concentration camp. Nukes are too expensive
4Horses	posted 06-16-99 05:08 PM ET Did you ever see the Monty Python episode where the Brits ran through the forest yelling a joke in German.......they died laughing. I'd have to say that would be the cheapest....but maybe not the best.
Provost Harrison	posted 06-16-99 05:51 PM ET Biological weapons could be quite cheap to develop in bulk once you have developed the desired strain. Putting something like dioxin or strychnine in a cities water supply (in large quantities). That would be quite cheap. Although buying such large quantities of these substances would perhaps arouse suspicion.
JT 3	posted 06-16-99 06:29 PM ET Actually, there's an even easier way. drop a lightbulb into a subway system. The lightbulb is filled with a disease, say Anthrax. Put this in the NY subway and poof, millions infected from riding. Millions more from being in the area of those already infected. I'd guess at least ten million people would be infected with Anthrax before it is stopped. Of course, if only one of the people infected took a plane to LA........
cousLee	posted 06-16-99 07:05 PM ET Make a bug free game. Millions would drop dead in shock, and you might even make a tidy profit.
JT 3	posted 06-16-99 07:11 PM ET And one from LA took one to Tokyo, and one from there took one to Bejing, and one from there took one to Berlin, and one from there took one to Mexico City, and one from there took one to Paris, and one from there took one to London.....
Valtyr	posted 06-16-99 07:38 PM ET Don't give him any ideas!
Stasis Archon	posted 06-16-99 07:55 PM ET "In 1945 Peace broke out. It was the end of the Joke. Joke warfare was banned at a special session of the Geneva Convention, and in I950 the last remaining copy of the joke was laid to rest here in the Berkshire countryside, never to be told again." I think the disease one would be the best.
Stasis Archon	posted 06-16-99 07:56 PM ET Oh yeah, the joke was: Wenn ist das Nunstr�ck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! .. Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput.
Stasis Archon	posted 06-16-99 07:59 PM ET Give a gun to every American. They'll eventually shoot each other and/or themselves.
Frodo83	posted 06-16-99 08:10 PM ET Then the survivors would go to war with Finland.
El Presidente	posted 06-16-99 08:46 PM ET Biological weapons are your best bet, Eccles. They are the weapons that keeps on killing.
SnowFire	posted 06-16-99 10:09 PM ET Take over an HMO, and make it even more profitable by denying almost all medical treatment. Use the money made from not havingt any expenses to take over the rest of the HMO's and brobe the government. It may be a slow killer, but over time, shoddy medical care can rack up quite impressive kill totals, not to mention wounded people and people who sick the rest of their life because they weren't treated early.
Hugo Rune	posted 06-17-99 02:21 AM ET "Eccles"? What happened to GEEV and FE? Are you just Bloodnook masquerading again?
M_ashwell	posted 06-18-99 02:34 PM ET i agree with bio but make it an airborne virus it will infect millions a cross between the common cold and smallpox this is sick
Trappist	posted 06-18-99 02:49 PM ET If you ever go to Scotland, visit Gruinard Bay in the far North-West. You can see Gruinard island lying across the water just 300 metres away. It's very green. Very beautiful. Very still. It's dead. The whole island is riddled with Anthrax spores from the UK biological warfare research. It looks so close that you could reach out and touch it. There are times I want to find out who did it and show them how I feel about it.
icosahedron	posted 06-18-99 03:08 PM ET Gee, and I was hoping this thread was about clever ways to commit murder and get away with it! - icosahedron PS: Try 20ml of heavy water. Ackkk! And very difficult to trace unless the investigator has a hunch.
Q Cubed	posted 06-18-99 05:18 PM ET Heavy water is good. Toxic, it is. Y'know, you could use a machine gun and kill them all in front of a mass grave. Or, make it look like the end of the world is approaching. with those who don't kill themselves, just make sure you destroy the world, because the end IS coming. Let Catbert be boss.
Veracitas	posted 06-18-99 05:23 PM ET Nukes are too expensive, true, but they would probably be your best bet, if you wanted to wipe out the billions living on this planet. Just some carefully placed nukes around the globe would--suppos�dly--submerge us in nuclear winter and kill everything except the deep see creatures that live off chemicals in the ground and not sunlight. If you are talking about an individual thing, then something biological would probably work best.
Noisy	posted 06-18-99 05:44 PM ET Back again. Think laterally! Spread a rumour that contraceptives cause cancer; the Catholics will jump on the bandwagon; birth control is banned; population explosion; mass starvation! Noisy Microposter to the Stars
eNo	posted 06-18-99 09:37 PM ET Increase media violence. Inpsires Littleton like acts of mass murder and also turns a Hollywood scale profit.
Ambro2000	posted 06-18-99 10:16 PM ET Stasis Archon Every American allready have atleast one gun and they are shoothing eachother pretty well Ambro2000
ceebs	posted 06-19-99 11:52 PM ET Start a tobacco company, people pay you to kill themselves
Philip McCauley	posted 06-20-99 02:33 PM ET Ambro, there are something like 40 million firearms in circulation among the 255 or so million people in the US. And of those gun owners, I think 40% own more than one. Also, I don't understand how tragedies like high school shootings can be funny to you people.
JohnIII	posted 06-20-99 02:44 PM ET Why do Americans get so touchy over the firearms issue? John III
Philip McCauley	posted 06-21-99 12:36 AM ET If you mean the right to bear arms, it's because it's part of our Bill of Rights, and some hardheads can't see that it needs to be changed. If you mean shootings, it's because they're very sad things that could've been avoided. Personally, I believe that we should follow the writer's original meaning. I believe that everyone has the right to own a musket.
eNo	posted 06-22-99 01:48 PM ET Release some locusts and/or mice key farming areas. Also, I don't understand how tragedies like high school shootings can be funny to you people. Humour is a way to deal with bad situations.