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[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Would you let them keep doing it while insisting that reprisals are off limits?

Yes

Nice of you to value their citizens' lives above your own. I doubt that will be much of a consolation for your countrymen that you're willing to sacrifice to violence. Expect more human shields in the future now that you've proven the tactic so effective.

What kind of question is that?

A moral dilemma.

If you answer no to that you’re saying I’m no better than them, and if you’re ok with that then what is your moral high ground here?

If you answered no to that I'd say you're honestly assessing the grim realities of war, where the goal is to pacify the enemy without sacrificing your own people, even if that may result in collateral damage.

[-] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Nice of you to value their citizens’ lives above your own.

the question wasn't about your citizens, it was about your kids. which makes his answer even more laughable.

[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For purposes of this conversation you can use citizens, civilians, and children interchangeably. All are examples of collateral damage, and many of Hamas' human shields will fit into multiple categories.

[-] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For purposes of this conversation you can use citizens, civilians, and children interchangeably

no, you cannot, read the conversation again.

most people have closer relationship to their own kids than to some other random co-citizen. so if some clown claims, for a sake of his argument, that he would be willing to sacrifice his own kids to protect... literally anyone else, you know he is a moron, or a liar. or both.

All are examples of collateral damage, and many of Hamas’ human shields will fit into multiple categories.

sure, but that was not the point of my remark.

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