• @SmilingSolaris
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      83 months ago

      What else do you call the bombing of civilians.

      • @randon31415
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        33 months ago

        When a non-state actor does it, it is terrorism. When a state actor does it, it is called war crimes.

        • @SmilingSolaris
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          23 months ago

          While a funny quip, states are capable of terrorism. See Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Tokyo, Dresden, the blitz. Ya know I was hoping I would off the top of my head remember more than just WW2 examples, but here we are. I mean, besides Israel at the moment but that’s the topic so doesn’t really fit to the list.

          • @randon31415
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            13 months ago

            Less of a quip, more of a UN definition.

        • @SmilingSolaris
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          23 months ago

          Oh no, let me understand the perspective of people bombing civilians to cause them to lose faith in the local militia group for the sake of colonization and conquest. I’m sure they have a good reason.

            • @SmilingSolaris
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              33 months ago

              And the Nazis had a point or two as well didn’t they? Let’s break down the pros and cons of genocide, let’s not be so hasty to judge.

              Unlike you, I don’t need to wait for historians to reach a consensus on the evils of my time.

                • @SmilingSolaris
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                  23 months ago

                  Pretty normal to call a state that commits genocide a Nazi state as that’s the thing the Nazis did. That and the race mixing laws. Don’t forget it’s illegal to race mix in Israel. Ethno state, famously also a Nazi thing. This isn’t hyperbole, it’s a pretty direct comparison.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    So very similar to the history of countries in the area kicking out/killing Jewish people. I don’t even have a side in this bullshit. I just see a bunch of bad faith actors surrounded by howler monkeys hanging on to one side or the other. And the weird one-sided idiot rhetoric thrown around on this site. I would like to know if you think Oct 7th, or Hezbollah launching rockets into Israel on Oct 8th (or any of the many other dates) is terrorism as well. Or if using civilians as human shields is a legitimate tactic. Again, I 100% agree that Israel has gone way too fucking far, but I don’t agree that one side is assholes and the other side is saints. It’s that scene in Spaceballs, I’m surrounded by assholes.