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The problem is simple: conflicts like this are made into binary good vs evil arguments where the other side is bad and your side is good. The reality is that b
by pstuart 1y ago
The problem is simple: conflicts like this are made into binary good vs evil arguments where the other side is bad and your side is good.
The reality is that both sides have legitimate concerns, and likewise, are doing very bad things. Intelligent and caring people get sucked up into this and can only echo their hate for the other side.
The exciting world of tech is designed to amplify the opposition but not to find consensus.
- mandmandam 1y ago[flagged]
- pstuart 1y ago[flagged]
- antonvs 1y agoYeah? And you think that justifies genocide?
- pstuart 1y ago[flagged]
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- bamboozled 1y agoThere is still an enemy and government on the other side of this conflict, which have a duty to their people to surrender. I don't believe surrender is in their vocabulary though so here we are...one side fighting and invisible enemy on the other.
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- pstuart 1y agoNothing justifies genocide. My (limited) understanding is that both sides want the destruction of the other. I'm not a fan of terrorism, and I'm not a fan of theocracies either. So here we are talking about the problem and I'm sharing an observation about the process of talking about the problem and you wish me great harm. For just sharing my observations. You have no idea of who I am or what I actually support and you are ready to fucking stone me. Again, oh the irony of my original comment.
- jedimind 1y ago[flagged]
- 7952 1y agoYou are just heading into another set of abstractions. A third neutral path that still misses the most important factor. That human life and dignity is the overwhelming priority. A legitimate" concern is a very bad reason for death, injury, trauma and hunger.
- antonvs 1y ago[flagged]
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- YZF 1y agoThe Oct 7th attack on Israel is textbook genocide. Hamas wishes to kill all Jews in Israel. It indiscriminately slaughtered civilians. And worse: https://thedinahproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/The-Dinah-Project-full-report-A4-pages_web-1.pdf https://thedinahproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/The-D... Israel however does not wish to kill all Palestinians. It is not trying to kill all Palestinians in Gaza. It is not killing all Palestinian Arabs who are Israeli citizens. It is not trying to kill all Palestinians in the "West Bank" or in areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority. Killing people in a war is not genocide. The people in Gaza are provably not targeted (as a group) because they are Palestinians. The attacks on Gaza are directly related to the war that started by Hamas' attack (or we can even say attacks including previous attacks since they took power in Gaza). Each bomb that drops in Gaza has a military objective. You can prove this pretty easily with a thought experiment, just have Hamas (and the other Jihadi organizations in Gaza) surrender, lay down their arms, and we'll see if any more Gaza civilians are killed.
- anonymars 1y agoThe film The Battle of Algiers shows this well.