This is about deterring the use of chemical weapons".
There is no deterring the Desso chief executive though.
Another is that it is deterring the European Central Bank from raising interest rates.
Such accounts do not appear to be deterring the latest wave of crusaders.
"These requirements keep out the good guys without deterring the bad guys," he said.
He is deterring the young from going to university for party advantage.
Instead, the government is proposing deterring the further use of these weapons.
The newer ideas include a raft of measures aimed at deterring the bombers by collectively punishing their kin and associates.
It recognised that the minimum-deposit rule was deterring the very people it was set up to serve.
But fragile politics, dodgy security and a battered oil infrastructure are deterring the investment required to boost supplies.
He speculated that economics played a role in deterring the last few holdouts from switching to digital media.
