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It is not ridiculous for Germany to feel a moral obligation towards those who were affected by Germany's crimes against humanity. We apply the name "Israel" to
by oezi 2y ago
It is not ridiculous for Germany to feel a moral obligation towards those who were affected by Germany's crimes against humanity. We apply the name "Israel" to those and think that it is sufficiently clear.
In fact, I think those moral obligations rank higher than a lot of individual freedoms. Remember that the German constitution puts the dignity of (wo)man above all other rights.
Freedom of Opinion is Article 5 and can be restricted by law and to protect youth and personal honor.
I don't know where you come from but calls for destruction of any country are bad. We might strive for leaders or parties to be exchanged, we might strive for independence of oppressed minorities, but that doesn't mean we want to destroy the country.
- mariusor 2y agoI hate to keep going into this but the legitimacy of the existence of Israel is not just a matter of "it has a right to exist" or "it should be destroyed". I think there's a lot of intermediary things to be said and reasoned about. For example, in its current form the way that the state of Israel is behaving is very similar to what got other countries and their leaders as defendants in the court of human rights.
- oezi 2y agoAnd Netanjahu will have to face the courts for this. His response to the atrocities of Hamas wasn't proportionate and it wasn't taking civilian lives sufficiently into account (IMHO). Yet, this has nothing to do with Israel's right to continue to exist. You can't weigh evil against other evil. You got to find another way.