A key element that's lacking seems to be the principle of charity: seeking a sympathetic understanding of an idea presented, and interpretation of ideas in their most persuasive form.
I don't believe I've ever seen you do that. You might care to give it a thought.
http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/charity.html
I'll through your questions back at you:
How is Greek Fire unlike a hydrogen bomb? How might considerations of these be different? What else that shares elements of what a hydrogen bomb is, or does, still substantively different in a way that would not require some sort of regulatory treatment?
Why is it we pass laws, generally? What are the hallmarks of a good, or a bad law?
