Yesterday, I was forced to research a case involving "disaster management" and chanced upon this sentence: "Discharge of a nuclear weapon shall be deemed a warlike act even if accidental." Do a search for the phrase "warlike act" and you'll find the breathtakingly stingy context: http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache...tal&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us&client=firefox-a
The practical application of that is that if the government accidentally drops a nuke on your house (we'll assume you're not home) youe home insurance won't pay because it was a "warlike act"
Yes, exactly! -- did you read the bit it's from? Here's more of what Safeco Insurance doesn't cover (which helps explain why Godzilla, Stalin and Gomez Addams would be bad for the current U.S. housing market (come to think of it, an hour of public yodeling would be bad for the market at this point)): "4. WAR DAMAGE. We do not cover loss resulting directly or indirectly from war. This includes undeclared war, civil war, insurrection, rebellion, revolution, warlike act by military personnel, destruction or seizure or use for a military purpose, and any consequence of these. Discharge of a nuclear weapon will be deemed a warlike act even if accidental. 5. NUCLEAR DAMAGE. We do not cover loss resulting directly or indirectly from nuclear reaction, radiation or radioactive contamination, all whether controlled or uncontrolled or however caused. . . ."
The idea is that you claim with the government for compensation of the loss of your property. Although you may perhaps be distracted by other matters... like dying.
Insert must between you and claim and I'll deem that sentence sufficiently resonant to tattoo on my inverted dromedary's hill cavity.
See the Malayan Emergency. Where, incidentally, a honest "hearts and minds" philosophy worked in minimising civilian support for the guerillas. Roads, clean water, schools, medical centres, elected village councils and relatively restrained policing did more good than superior firepower.
