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by mrits 1057 days ago
Not all tools are equal. The iron maiden was also a tool that I suppose could be used for cracking open pecans.
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esperent 1057 days ago
The iron maiden never existed FYI. Well, not as a real torture device. It was invented about 150 years ago as a fake museum display.
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flangola7 1056 days ago
Then use a real implement. Let's take mustard gas shells, what is their offsetting positive use? There isn't one.
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esperent 1056 days ago
Why exactly are you trying to compare mustard gas to Tor? I'm kind of lost here.

But anyway, to answer your question: mustard gas is not one thing, it's a class of chemicals. But one of them became the first ever chemotherapy drugs, Mustine:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlormethine

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mrits 1055 days ago
Why are you talking about mustard gas chemistry instead of the shells that were brought up?
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