Firass Abiad says many of the 550 people killed in Monday’s attacks targeting Hezbollah were civilians.

Lebanon’s health minister has said what is happening in his country is “carnage”, as hospitals struggle to cope with the number of casualties from two days of widespread Israeli air strikes targeting the armed group Hezbollah.

Dr Firass Abiad told the BBC it was “clear” that many of the 550 people killed in Monday’s attacks were civilians, including children and women.

    • @[email protected]English
      -7•3 months ago

      I wish anybody would pay me!

      If enough people stop voting it would force the government to legitimize itself. It would show how many people are actually dissatisfied and empower all of us. It could lead to more people refusing to vote in future, further eroding the appearance of legitimacy of the current arrangement

      • @FlowVoidEnglish
        3•3 months ago

        it would force the government to legitimize itself

        LOL, no. It wouldn’t force the government to do anything.

        Since you’ve never seen a ballot, try googling one. You’ll see a bunch of downballot races in which very few people vote. Those races all have winners, and those winners always have and always will give zero fucks about legitimizing themselves to nonvoters.

        • @[email protected]English
          -6•3 months ago

          OK then it sounds like voting and not voting have the same result so why should I bother?

          • @FlowVoidEnglish
            2•3 months ago

            It’s not the same result. Politicians have to appeal to voters, they are free to ignore nonvoters.

            If you’re not voting, then you’re not voting for Trump as well as not voting for Harris. Are you surprised that Trump isn’t courting your vote? You shouldn’t be.

            But Harris has no more reason to court your vote than Trump does. You’re a nonvoter, so they are both ignoring you.

            • @[email protected]English
              -3•3 months ago

              OK I don’t understand your logic. They spend billions of dollars to get people to vote. Door knockers are there to get people like me to vote. Do you not understand how elections work?

              • @FlowVoidEnglish
                0•3 months ago

                No, they are trying to reach people who are not sure if they are going to vote.

                They are not trying to reach people like you, who have decided not to vote.