[JediJones]

I didn't say an army can't cause mass destruction, but I said it is not a weapon of mass destruction. One big difference is that a WMD can be used by one nut to cause that damage. But an army needs the support of a large number of people, which is one reason why it's a different animal and not a basis for comparison.

[Monty22]

Well 19 nuts with planes can kill 3000 too.

Depends on how far you want to ban things I guess.

It's the people that's the problem, not the tools.

[Woahhs]

Nonsense. Your argument is totally circular. One rogue general CAN cause quite a bit of destruction before answering to superiors. While one nut CAN NOT field reliable WMDs without LOTS of support staff in the form of technicians and maintainence, and security.

Your mistake is starting from the point of employment for one, and not the other. Your other mistake is defining the term "weapon" as a single, discrete, mechanism. I might just as well say the DC anthrax attack didn't involve WMDs because it wasn't really a weapon; it was just some white powder.