# Human Shields So profound?I think not! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 18, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-shields-so-profound-i-think-not/155856 "2003-02-18T11:41:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-shields-so-profound-i-think-not/155856/1 "2003-02-18T11:41:28Z")
The self called Human Shields who are going to Iraq don’t seem to be the sharpest knives in the drawer. I’ve seen a couple of interviews with a man and a woman, and they DID NOT have a clue. If something happens to them their relatives will be the first to blame the US government for "not doing more’ and ‘how could you let them go’. The man said if the bombs start falling he and a few others are going to get out. Well what’s the point??? What is the POINT?!:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-shields-so-profound-i-think-not/155856/2 "2003-02-18T12:27:52Z")
They had those interviews, didn’t they? Publiciity. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-shields-so-profound-i-think-not/155856/3 "2003-02-18T12:35:27Z")
Okay, if they’re going to leave when the bombs start AND they’ve announced this on television (thus defeating any PR effect they may have hoped to achieve), WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THERE FOR?!? This just makes them tourists, not human shields. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-shields-so-profound-i-think-not/155856/4 "2003-02-18T13:48:05Z")
Maybe they thought seeing the sights in Baghdad would be more exciting than the camel tour of eighteen different kinds of Saudi Arabian sand that they had planned. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-shields-so-profound-i-think-not/155856/5 "2003-02-18T13:56:25Z")
Human Shield: Oh no! The bombs are falling! I am SOOO outta here! Saddam Hussein: Yeah, right. Let me introduce you to Mr. Hand Cuffs, and Mr. Leg Irons! H.S.: But you can’t tie me to this Anti Aircraft Gun! I have Rights! S.H.: Shut up, you. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-shields-so-profound-i-think-not/155856/6 "2003-02-18T14:04:22Z")
And in the end they become SH’s hostages. ---
**Author:** ![byter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@byter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/byter)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-shields-so-profound-i-think-not/155856/7 "2003-02-18T19:51:36Z")
Darwin fodder. No loss. ---
**Author:** ![Mothchunks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@Mothchunks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mothchunks)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-shields-so-profound-i-think-not/155856/8 "2003-02-19T14:39:07Z")
If we implanted each of them with GPS chips we could use them to target missiles. ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-shields-so-profound-i-think-not/155856/9 "2003-02-19T16:18:26Z")
If I were an actual human shield (one of the people Saddam tried to hold hostage back in the other Gulf War) I’d be incensed at these people! Plus, it is highly counterproductive to their cause. This use of the “human shield” phrase just reminds a lot of people of what an asshole Saddam was and still is.