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This whole war is a tragedy. It started horribly with the Hamas atrocities and it is just going to get worse as Israel is responding in a rage that is killing

• bryanlarsen 3y ago
  Canada's version of the onion expressed a similar sentiment: https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/10/spineless-fence-sitter-thinks-killing-children-is-bad-no-matter-who-does-it/ https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/10/spineless-fence-sitter-...
  • bhouston 3y ago
    Funny and sad all at the same time.
• anigbrowl 3y ago
  A better way to think about the horrors in Israel-Palestine starts with this premise: all human life is sacred That's certainly a better way to feel about it. The unfortunate fact is that in partisan* warfare each side's supporters will tolerate a certain level of atrocity, for two reasons: atavistic dislike of the enemy, and a more utilitarian belief that it's worth sacrificing X innocent people now to prevent the death of X' innocents in the future, by settling things now in some final battle. This conflict is heavily internationalized for a mix of religious and historical reasons, so both parties have a large pool of supporters to draw from. * I use the term partisan here because it isn't a simple military conflict over a piece of territory or arising out of a skirmish, where neither side wants it to escalate to a broader conflict.