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You can't dismiss "think of the children" as a talking point when children are actually dying. This isn't FOSTA, this is an actual war with bullets and bombs an

You can't dismiss "think of the children" as a talking point when children are actually dying. This isn't FOSTA, this is an actual war with bullets and bombs and dead children on both sides. You should be thinking about the children.

deadbabe 3y ago
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- aaomidi 3y ago
  Children have always been treated differently because they are fully and absolutely dependent on their care givers. A puppy and a grown dog don’t actually apply here because we’re talking about humans and not dogs. It’s not even appropriate to make that comparison here.
  - salawat 3y ago
    You anthroprocentric chauvinist. Just because you've firmly categorized everything else as "an inferior being" with a lesser claim to remaining alive doesn't mean that's actually the case. It just means you're selfishly unconcerned with the consequences of collateral damage up until it might be something that could figure out a way to waltz over and bite back.
    - aaomidi 3y ago
      Actually, I haven’t. I said that the comparison of a human child to a dog is not appropriate. Considering that exact language (e.g. “they are animals”) has helped perpetuate a genocide of Palestinians. I’m not entirely sure if you’re even disagreeing with me here tbh.
    - dang 3y ago
      You've posted several flamewar comments to this thread already. Would you please stop? It's exactly what we're trying to avoid on this site, and this topic is the worst place to do it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- cthaeh 3y ago
  It's because children are by definition blameless, innocent actors. It's impossible for a 5 year old to do evil, so it's universally agreed that even 1 child dying in a war is too many. At least that used to be the case before this conflict.
- Chris2048 3y ago
  The reason is you can kill a group of adult males and later claim they were Hamas. This same tactic doesn't work with children (not that it hasn't been tried, "No innocent civilians in Gaza").

deadbabe 3y ago

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aaomidi 3y ago
Children have always been treated differently because they are fully and absolutely dependent on their care givers. A puppy and a grown dog don’t actually apply here because we’re talking about humans and not dogs. It’s not even appropriate to make that comparison here.
- salawat 3y ago
  You anthroprocentric chauvinist. Just because you've firmly categorized everything else as "an inferior being" with a lesser claim to remaining alive doesn't mean that's actually the case. It just means you're selfishly unconcerned with the consequences of collateral damage up until it might be something that could figure out a way to waltz over and bite back.
  - aaomidi 3y ago
    Actually, I haven’t. I said that the comparison of a human child to a dog is not appropriate. Considering that exact language (e.g. “they are animals”) has helped perpetuate a genocide of Palestinians. I’m not entirely sure if you’re even disagreeing with me here tbh.
  - dang 3y ago
    You've posted several flamewar comments to this thread already. Would you please stop? It's exactly what we're trying to avoid on this site, and this topic is the worst place to do it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
cthaeh 3y ago
It's because children are by definition blameless, innocent actors. It's impossible for a 5 year old to do evil, so it's universally agreed that even 1 child dying in a war is too many. At least that used to be the case before this conflict.
Chris2048 3y ago
The reason is you can kill a group of adult males and later claim they were Hamas. This same tactic doesn't work with children (not that it hasn't been tried, "No innocent civilians in Gaza").