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> Why punish Israel? The whole "assist[ing] in getting journalists arrested/murdered/dismembered" thing still seems like pretty good justification to me. I'm n
by sellyme 6y ago
> Why punish Israel?
The whole "assist[ing] in getting journalists arrested/murdered/dismembered" thing still seems like pretty good justification to me. I'm not sure "but everyone else is doing it!" makes that acceptable. Requiring that we deal with every single one of those problems simultaneously else we shouldn't bother with any of them doesn't seem productive.
I'm also not sure I'd describe the refusal to actively fund that behaviour as punishment, but I suppose that's somewhat beside the point.
- boomboomsubban 6y ago>Requiring that we deal with every single one of those problems simultaneously else we shouldn't bother with any of them doesn't seem productive. Then deal with the domestic ones first, the ones we have the most control over. People only care about these issues when the solution is "punish the country," a solution that likely causes more suffering than it stops.
- bosswipe 6y agoOh yea, NSO is totally not causing suffering. It's a benefit to the world, right?
- boomboomsubban 6y agoNo, punishing an entire country for the NSO's actions won't necessarily prevent more suffering than it causes.