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Unlike in Europe and here in America, a war is happening in Israel and all Israelis under 45 are either active soldiers or reserve soldiers. I have family in Te
by tkahn6 14y ago
Unlike in Europe and here in America, a war is happening in Israel and all Israelis under 45 are either active soldiers or reserve soldiers. I have family in Tel Aviv that was forced to run into a bunker earlier today. I have a friend from high school that is stationed at the Gaza border. It's not an abstract, far away event. The tweets are directly relevant to Israeli society.
- anthonyb 14y agoThat still doesn't make it right to post tweets glorifying murder.
- tkahn6 14y agoI've been following their updates all day and haven't seen any that have 'glorified murder'.
- anthonyb 14y agoThat would be the one in the article: http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/enhanced-buzz-13166-1352930942-9.jpeg http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/enhanced-buzz...
- tkahn6 14y agoI suppose you also believe the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden was murder.
- anthonyb 14y agoYes, yes it was. Why not arrest him and try him for war crimes? Assuming that there's enough evidence to convict - and if not, why is that enough to go and kill him?
- tkahn6 14y agoI disagree but I respect your consistency.
- anthonyb 14y agoThe rule of law is important. Tit-for-tat exchanges like the ones that Israel and Palestine are engaging in solve nothing. It descends into monkey hindbrain us-against-them. Another very similar scenario recently was Northern Ireland. That didn't get solved by the UK grinding Ireland into the ground or posting inflammatory things in the news - it was solved by both sides showing restraint and good will. Currently neither Israel or Palestine are showing anything of the sort, but as the larger, more powerful party (eg. I doubt Palestinans have bunkers), it's up to Israel to show some restraint... but they aren't, they're still posturing about how tough they are. It's maddening to watch.
- PeterisP 14y agoWhy not? It is quite natural to want your war enemies to die, and for the whole country (both soldiers and civilians) to celebrate destruction of enemy troops. Think about the tweets and newspaper articles about the successful murder of Osama bin Laden, for example - it's the same concept.
- anthonyb 14y ago"natural" != "right"