12 Things From the Geneva Convention That Apparently Weren’t Off-Limits Before

Thanks to the Geneva Convention, in a decision that would have Vikings in absolute shambles, pillaging conquered territory is forbidden. You can still raid, of course, but upon victory, you’re not allowed to loot and rob your brand new land.

This one always feels a little strange, given that murder is still A-OK. According to international law, if you’re going to use weapons on someone, it better be capable of finishing them off — and in a timely fashion.

Get ready for the world’s darkest physics lesson! If you’ve ever heard of “hollow-point” bullets, that’s what we’re talking about here. They’re bullets engineered in such a way that once they enter a target, they expand or flatten, at which point, well, imagine the difference between hurling a baseball into a big block of Jell-O versus a jagged piece of metal you found on the ground.

I’m pretty sure everyone knows this is a no-no. Otherwise, every war zone would just look like the world’s deadliest sprinkler system.

I’m assuming because, after the last one, the most terrifying person in the world raised their hand and asked, “Yes, but is a horrible disease technically a poison?”

Most people probably know the rules prohibiting attacking, for example, the Red Cross. Of course, that necessitated another rule saying “and you can’t just say that you’re the Red Cross.”

Basically, a bunch of countries coming together to say, “Okay, can we all agree to stop salting each other’s fields, because we can’t grow shit?,” or the modern equivalent.

This isn’t one of those phone game ads where you get to “x2” or “+100” your army every time you pass a checkpoint.

My guess here is that they don’t just mean the public seeing prisoners of war and going, “How curious!”

Yeah, this is a pretty good ground rule. You don’t want to tempt any country, even modern ones, with free labor.

Pursuant to the last rule, when it’s time for them to go free, they shouldn’t be glowing because you were doing CRISPR on them.

Just… gonna leave this one alone. Not great!