With Bruno Mars’s hit single “Grenade” out on the radio, I come to ponder “will someone really catch a grenade of their significant other?” I may not be the romantic, but I sure won’t. Then I pondered again, why were grenades invented? It hurts millions of people out there and kills thousands. It’s a dangerous designed object.
The grenade originated from the idea similar of a pomegranate. Besides the shape, if the fruit is overripe, it will explode. The grenade does the same thing. This object dates back to the Byzantine Empire and has been used in different countries and many wars. There are different outer shell designs of the grenade, but it the inside is designed similarly: the body, the filler, and the fuse. When the trigger is pulled, then the chemical is exposed and ready to detonate.
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Intended for military usage, grenades were hand held weapons easily thrown against the opponent. It is used during close combat wars for protective reasoning. There was countless of wars happening and everyone needed to defend him or herself, and grenades did the job. However, as grenades were being used in the Vietnam War, the newly design object did not explode. They did not work properly and they were left on the grounds in Southeast Asia for civilians to touch and blow up on them.
In military and survival defense, grenades are great objects to use to protect one’s country. The dangerousness of the grenade took away lives in the war and other non-deserving deaths. It was intended to great success, but it came with consequences. People should understand that grenades are used in life or death situations. There should be no fowl play because it can hurt someone. Society understands there are weapons that will hurt people, they just have to know when to use it and when not to. People may find it morally wrong, but there is no way of stopping the production of grenades. If people are willing to sing along to a song entitled, “Grenade”, think what else they might do.
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