New failcomment system also fails to publish my comments, it's not limited to yours. Keep trying, it will usually work, eventually. Blogger deliberately trying to kill itself, I expect. Captchas should be off. If it gives you one anyway, it's against my explicit instructions.
It's more about velocity really.
ReplyDeletePlus military rounds aren't meant to kill, they're meant to maim.
Similar design changes happened to land mines, which used to be lethal traps, now they are just designed to blow half your leg off.
A proper military doesn't want to kill the enemy, since a dead soldier can be left for later collection. Wounded soldiers are a logistic burden.