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  • You can’t stop a genocide with reason, to commit a genocide you have to dehumanise people, you’re beyond reason.

    The only response to genocide is materially affecting the perpetrators. The time for diplomacy stops at atrocities.

    Don’t talk to Likud’s supporters about anything. Defund and boycott the country until Likud is not in power.

    That requires speaking to the international community and especially American voters to see what effect they can have on the current president.



  • There’s a Russian Pravda and a Ukrainian Pravda.

    Both extremely partisan. Neither what I’d call reliable sources of news but you’ve probably seen propaganda from both.

    Of course the Ukrainian Pravda has literally been able to print facts, unguilded, and they’ve matched what they would say as propaganda anyway so it’s appeared like a reputable news source recently.

    That’s what happens when Russia genuinely does things like use chemical weapons (cs gas) banned by the Geneva convention.

    (For those wondering, even though cs gas is used in riots the convention bans all gas based weapons as they target indiscriminately and could easily be mistaken for nerve agents by either side. Leading to either accidental use of nerve agents or accidental retaliation with something similarly destructive)

    Or when the Russians directly hit a nuclear reactor 3 times.

    Meanwhile the Russian Pravda has to manufacture its propaganda, like claiming an Islamic State attack which Islamic State issued video evidence of and claimed was somehow Ukrainian.




  • Just as an interesting point, not to make any judgement,

    You aren’t the only one who thought exactly that.

    “During the case, when asked why he chose to kill John Lennon, Chapman stated “because he was famous”. Chapman later claimed that he believed Holden Caulfied would have killed John Lennon because he was a “phony”.”



  • There are 20 fl oz. to a pint

    Instead of cups you should use half pints.

    There are 8 pints to the gallon.

    Unless you specify which pint, gallon then you’re probably wrong anywhere outside the US. Even then you could have to deal with vintage Canadian equipment with imperial labeling.

    US Cups are random in measurement and only sometimes half a pint.

    The imperial fluid oz. has one value 28.413 ml

    The US fl. oz used to be 29.573 ml. But now can officially be 30 ml in some settings.

    Metric is the best system, followed by imperial which at least is still a consistent standard.

    Then US customary measures where the written value may or may not have to meet a standard these days.

    The US has been using metric for everything important for a long time now like the rest of the world. Except the Mars probe NASA crashed.





  • It’s a problem I recognise but in my opinion those who have grown up in illegal settlements have to be the ones to move.

    I do blame their parents. Their parents have knowingly broken international law and it is essentially their fault their children are legally homeless.

    This is where I have sympathy for those who will genuinely experience displacement when illegal settlements are handed back, but there was a choice made by those children’s parents to put them in that situation.

    Compare that with the families forcibly removed from the land in the first place with no agency or choice.

    I can see that there are those who are the victim of the oppression and aggression of Zionists because they were forced to leave.

    There are those who may end up facing trauma because they were forced to move there.

    There are victims on both sides, the important thing is not allowing those who have perpetrated harm to continue to do so.

    The illegal settlements must be returned, those who have invaded will have caused harm to their own community and will face the consequences for that.

    I hope for some reciprocity from both sides like in Ireland where there is not a continuous seeking for justice and further consequences. But the initial acts of oppression and theft must be undone.

    There was a war in 1967. The occupation since has been illegal.

    The 1967 war itself was justified because of the actions of guerillas, not state actors. Israel was the aggressor and preemptively struck against other nations.

    Israel defended itself against threats. That was justified.

    But Israel then went on to punish ordinary people and civilians. It’s a pattern of behaviour that has continued since 1967. Highlight the actions of terrorists, take from the civilians. Blockade the civilians, starve the civilians. Limit food, water, medicine, other supplies.

    There have been times where Israel has allowed some normalcy in the 90s. But they’ve maintained a blockade and occupation. They’ve maintained an oppression.

    All justified mostly by the actions of terrorists and external states. Not the people they’ve been persecuting.

    Hamas are just the latest group. Israel cannot continue to punish civilians because of the actions of terrorists.


  • Israel definitely want evacuated Palestinians to give up on returning home and integrate into other countries.

    Forcing Palestinians to do this is one of the definitions of genocide.

    If someone is suggesting that refugees become citizens of other countries of other countries automatically then that’s actually enabling a genocide.

    This is the problem with looking at solutions on the small scale when the problem is large scale.

    Every individual in those refugee camps would likely have a better life if they “integrated” into another country. It’s easy to say those people should get a better life.

    But “integrating” into another country is also the language used to suggest the abandonment of culture and claim to their former home.

    They are refugees because their homes have been under constant blockade or attack for decades. It’s time to give them their homes back.




  • The problem is artists often make their actual living doing basic boiler plate stuff that gets forgotten quickly.

    In graphics it’s Company logos, advertising, basic graphics for businesses.

    In writing it’s copy for websites, it’s short articles, it’s basic stuff.

    Very few artists want to do these things, they want to create the original work that might not make money at all. That work potentially being a winning lottery ticket but most often being an act of expressing themselves that doesn’t turn into a payday.

    Unfortunately AI is taking work away from artists. It can’t seem to make very good art yet but it can prevent artists who could make good art getting to the point of making it.

    It’s starving out the top end of the creative market by limiting the easy work artists could previously rely on to pay the bills whilst working on the big ideas.



  • Several people are suggesting that’s what’s happening here. Not without reason.

    They have lost their parents. They have them been removed from where they live to a location more easily controlled by Israel. Away from references to the culture Israel dislikes.

    The question about why an orphanage is a dangerous place is the question to ask when justifications for relocation are first put forward.

    Israel should ensure the location they already are is safe from their harm.