• vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    There's been an earthquake just a few days ago in Afghanistan, Pakistan etc, killing more than 2000 people, and by your comment I can see you don't even know about it.

    And I was arguing against Hamas immediately after it happened, but now I'm arguing against Israel because the original comment is right, they have now adjusted all their propaganda tools to use the events to justify ethnic cleansing with lots of civilian dead right now.

    Gazan women and children are not responsible for "their fighters" or Hamas, just as Israeli women and children are not responsible for bombs falling on Gaza.

    I'm disgusted with both, but proportionally to their strength.

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      1 year ago

      just as Israeli women

      They could be part of IDF as military service is mandatory for every israeli whatever the gender (~3y for men and 2y for women).

      so don't speak in term of gender but in term of class.

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        1 year ago

        Strictly speaking, there are very few women in the combat units of the IDF.

        But yes, you understood me correctly. I meant civilians.

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      1 year ago

      You missed my point or are trying to twist it.
      I have not said that world is informed about everything that happens everywhere all the time. I have said that people feel sad for any hurt kid regardless of colour of their skin and I gave an example which you totally ignored. I could very well blame you for bad things happening to the kids in Mexico or Latin America in general if you aren't informed about that but that would be stupid wouldn't it?

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        1 year ago

        The feel sad on different levels. For some kinds of sad billions of military aid are warranted, and for other kinds of sad thoughts and prayers, and there are even situations of "sad, but they had it coming".

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          1 year ago

          You forgot to mention that in some places if you come with aid your lifeless body gets paraded half naked through the streets on pickup truck and spitted on or mutilated on spot.

          You also forgot to mention that while EU people feel sorry for suffering of all kids. Some places you talk about celebrate death of every caucasian looking kid as new year event.

          It might be one of the reason why some place don't get e.g. international humanitarian help.