* I was more cautious than Pleasants because of the possibility that the first introduction of a new kind of weapon might ineluctably and by necessary steps lead to the acceptable use of lethal and indiscriminate gases. If, I said, the first use of incompacitants is already an act out of control, it is inordinate (disproportionate) and "ought never be done no matter how humane it may be in the first instance."

** The morality of possession and the morality of using any weapons system cannot be separated.

† First published in 1965 and still available as a pamphlet from the Council on Religion and International Affairs, my The Limits of Nuclear War can be read or reread with the neutron bomb in mind.