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In reply to the discussion: Israeli soldiers did not "slaughter unarmed children" [View all]PubliusEnigma
(1,583 posts)91. Israel has become its own enemy.
41. The Empire is the institution, the codification, of derangement; it is insane and imposes its insanity on us by violence, since its nature is a violent one.
42. To fight the Empire is to be infected by its derangement. This is a paradox: whoever defeats a segment of the Empire becomes the Empire; it proliferates like a virus, imposing its form on its enemies. Thereby it becomes its enemies.
-PKD, Valis
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Thank you, like many things in the Mideast, this is more complicated than a headline can express
Amishman
May 2018
#6
I am a strong supporter of Israel as a Jewish state, but it is not necessary to move
Sophia4
May 2018
#12
Was no need to move that embassy, it was fine! Republicans & RW Israel-foment violence.
Sunlei
May 2018
#130
As I recall, Jerusalem is a holy site for at least 3 religions and was not identified as an
Sophia4
May 2018
#166
Can you explain the difference between "slaughtering unarmed children" and "killing kids"?
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#36
Slaughter means "kill (people or animals) in a cruel or violent way, typically in large numbers."
oberliner
May 2018
#42
What children were doing where they live? I don't know, would you like them expelled
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#104
You would let your young children go to a Hamas inspired riot and attempted..
EX500rider
May 2018
#171
What you call a riot, they all see as a protest - the only way to get the world
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#176
Well one of slaughter's definitions is "the act of killing'. So you can call it one. nt
Kirk Lover
May 2018
#34
Well a snipers bullet in the head is not 'slaughter' why just killing... ridiculous for the OP to
Demsrule86
May 2018
#76
I use "babies" in the colloquial sense - in my family, anybody under 10 referred to as a "baby"
EffieBlack
May 2018
#88
I saw hundreds of infants at the women's march. Were all those parents "asking for it?"
Squinch
May 2018
#154
When live ammunition is used in a crowded situations, the problem bability that people will be
still_one
May 2018
#44
There is no evidence to support the claim that any child was killed by sniper shot
oberliner
May 2018
#45
Soldier with a sniper rifle from a safe distance shooting a child with a rock isn't slaughter?
NoMoreRepugs
May 2018
#5
Usually it does - rock throwing, even molotov cocktail throwing vs nested sniper is SLAUGHTER to me.
NoMoreRepugs
May 2018
#145
They're attributing a lot of the protest to Hamas organization, as did our loathesome Ambassador
maxsolomon
May 2018
#14
Rump did this to cause killings to show off to his deplorable base who get OFF on seeing
Eliot Rosewater
May 2018
#59
And argue about whether these mothers' children's murders may appropriately be called a "slaughter."
EffieBlack
May 2018
#21
Oh, for heaven's sake. I already said above I think Israel is being heavy handed.
Vinca
May 2018
#172
"I have no idea who is or is not dead, wounded or otherwise indisposed and neither do you"
EX500rider
May 2018
#175
The apartheid lie is an Iranian propaganda meme intended to provoke violence and hatred.
Fozzledick
May 2018
#180
In the interest of painting an accurate picture, WaPo is saying there were no Israeli casualties.
Girard442
May 2018
#37
Thus ends the moral authority of the Jews: How many Kids do you need to have a slaughter?
doxyluv13
May 2018
#38
Have the ADL, the Wiesenthal Center or any major Jewish organizations condemned this crap?
doxyluv13
May 2018
#182
I'm guessing IDF bullets grant instant adulthood, with a bonus Hamas membership.
denbot
May 2018
#39
I am blocking you. I don't what your game is but this is an appalling post....one of the worst I
Demsrule86
May 2018
#77
maybe...I can't believe any poster would argue that multiple kids must be 'killed' for it to rise
Demsrule86
May 2018
#162
I am blocking someone who opines that shooting children in the head is not slaughter but merely
Demsrule86
May 2018
#161
Civilians (including children) are actually being slaughtered around the world every day
oberliner
May 2018
#68
It's definitely better that only a small number of teenagers were killed than a large number
oberliner
May 2018
#73
It seems self-evident that you're determined to minimize what's happened. n/t
Denzil_DC
May 2018
#93
It is not a lie...children have died and not just yesterday...a giant fuck you to Israel...I will
Demsrule86
May 2018
#74
Some of the thinly veiled anti-Semitism in this thread is rather alarming. nt
LexVegas
May 2018
#107
"Israel gets a pass for the Holocaust." "Thus ends the moral authority of the Jews..."
LexVegas
May 2018
#119
Explain to me what the "moral authority of the Jews" is and how they "get a pass for the Holocaust".
LexVegas
May 2018
#129
slingshots & bottle rockets v.up to date US military weapons, easy to see the Israelis had no other
mulsh
May 2018
#108
They have every right to protest and Israel should not have used live ammo against them
oberliner
May 2018
#117
Then Israel should post CLEAR PICTURES of "armed squads" with "Explosive devices"
Sunlei
May 2018
#127
I just hope you're this understanding next time some Israeli kids end up dead...
Blue_Tires
May 2018
#139
I'm not at all understanding and I completely and wholeheartedly condemn the Israeli actions
oberliner
May 2018
#149
Among the dead were eight children, including eight-month-old Laila Anwar Ghandour.
spanone
May 2018
#141
From the video footage I saw that was exactly how the "relief" boat episode went.
EX500rider
May 2018
#174
Your semantic quibbling - inaccurate, by the way, because it WAS a slaughter - in the face of
Squinch
May 2018
#153