Posted January 3, 2024 (edited) 3 hours ago, Vrubel said: Most of the people still hanging around this thread are pretty unreasonable and irredeemably biased anyway. You can see the eagerness for denial and jumping to conclusions. That describes you more than anyone else here. You constantly say dehumanizing language of Palestinians calling them savage and were talking about how you’re “proud to be a Jew” basically admitting your analysis is just ethnic and nationalistic, not actually based on an even handed logic. Example, you said the poor living standards in Gaza was due to culture, but when I posted multiple sources clearly showing the damaging effects of the blockade you just dismissed it all with 0 evidence or even an argument. You calling anyone else biased is massive projection. Edited January 3, 2024 by Raze Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 1 minute ago, Raze said: That describes you more than anyone else here. You constantly say dehumanizing language of Palestinians calling them savage and were talking about how you’re “proud to be a Jew” basically admitting your analysis is just ethnic and nationalistic, not actually based on an even handed logic. This is the end game isn't is? In a video of Leo he said something like, "telling a Muslim that Hindu spirituality knowledge is far more developed than it is in Islam and he will label it is voice of devil and deny it" so basically, him saying all that is similar to this and it is like that for me or anyone really. They are Israelis so any harm on the image of their country or saying that their government is committing genocide, will undermine their reality, henceforth,they defend and justify all these events I believe children are being killed is a disastrous thing and around 9000+ children have died, so i dislike their reality where this detail is not much important when it is Palestinian kids who are being killed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 @Danioover9000 22 hours ago, Danioover9000 said: @Ramanujan To be fair to the European colonization and settlers, there was a lot of good that came from the colonization Era, for example when the Spaniards and conquistadors set foot on south America, and encountered the Aztec empire, key word EMPIRE and not tribe, which practices some forms of cannibalism and human sacrifice of ripping open the chest of defeated tribal warriors while they're alive, the Spanish colonists put a stop to those barbaric practices, and even the native tribes in that region, and no the Spanish there weren't just being brutal but they were diplomatic, but they didn't have to be too diplomatic because the losing tribes in that region offered to make a coalition against the Aztec Empire, and thanks to them over throwing the Aztec empire peace was restored, and no more barbaric practices of cannibalism and human sacrifices were continued. Also, before and during the European colonization GB is the first Empire to have a strong anti slavery policy as an altruistic principle, and they were the first, not the USA or others, to pursue an anti slavery policy. History writtern by winners is always full of shit Europeans killed 90% of native americans through virus Trans Atlantic slave trade defeats every other barbaric acts anyone has ever committed They are trying to do the same to palasetine. The people living in israel now migrated from ukrian to israel. 80% of isrel citizens migrated from europe to isreal It is all settler colonialism. Thanks to Internet , random nobody like me could get educated on it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 (edited) @Danioover9000 Makes sense. The notion that we can't reasonably guess other people's motivations because they are too obscure is unreasonable. When we observe recurring patterns of behaviour and listen to people articulate their worldviews candidly on popular media channels its easy to put things together. People will say such and such statements don't reflect the policy of the Israeli government but their leadership publicly contradict these claim with increasing boldness and arrogance. Edited January 3, 2024 by zazen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 (edited) It started as a settler colony that later became a nation. The first bank was called the Jewish Colonial Trust. Edited January 3, 2024 by zazen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 Excuse the propagandic captions, titles and links but sometimes pictures say more than words. Interesting short video : ‘But Hamas started the war on October 7th’ - meanwhile it was the deadliest year before October 7th for Palestinians in West Bank with increasing settlement expansion, restraints and no justice for settler thuggish behaviour. Why can they get away with this? IDF state backed complicity. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges wrote in “A Gaza Diary” on how he had been in war zones and witnessed atrocities before but never seen soldiers barking out obscene insults to lure Palestinian children within range of their gun sights to sport shoot at for fun which he witnessed several times. Get why the world is condemning the Israeli state now? Critique and anger isn’t directed at normal Israeli’s necessarily nor is it anti-Semitic. It’s the actions of the state and the domestic propaganda that normalises such things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 (edited) @Ramanujan 1 hour ago, Ramanujan said: @Danioover9000 History writtern by winners is always full of shit Europeans killed 90% of native americans through virus Trans Atlantic slave trade defeats every other barbaric acts anyone has ever committed They are trying to do the same to palasetine. The people living in israel now migrated from ukrian to israel. 80% of isrel citizens migrated from europe to isreal It is all settler colonialism. Thanks to Internet , random nobody like me could get educated on it Some history written by winners is full of shit, but also full of truths. History is complicated and not just right or wrong. Europeans killing 90% of native Americans via virus is no fault of their own, as the historical context shows their understanding of disease spreads and viruses were limited compared to modern times. If you want to blame them with this specific point, then for moral consistency also blame the Mongolian empire for spreading the black plague via the silk road westwards, although key difference between Mongolia and European settlers is that Mongolia somewhat intended to spread the black death there, whereas the European settlers, the GB, Italians, Spanish, French, German settlers, wanted to go to new lands to settle away from their own native lands that they struggled with far more. Because Trans Atlantic slave trade was universal and an industry business at that time, and beforehand human slavery was also practiced by the Asian culture, the Arabians in the middle east, the Greeks/Romans and ancient world, and EVEN THE AFRICAN CULTURES. In fact when Europeans eventually were involved in the trans Atlantic slave trade, the reason why it took off quickly was because the kingdoms and monarchs in Africa were already enslaving other losing African tribes and selling them to Arabians and to Europeans. Also, I will keep on emphasizing this, GB WAS THE ONLY COUNTRY AT THIS TIME TO HAVE ANTI SLAVERY POLICIES. GB was the only country to be warring against the slave trade in Africa and other parts of the world, and imposed heavy economic sanctions against countries that practice the slave trade, and even fought sea battles against pirates that are involved in the human slave trade. That's for historical context, now we look at the present which is different from that historical context as I have stated covers other cultures, again like how the Spanish settlers dealt with the Aztec empire's human sacrifice rituals and cannibalism of other smaller tribes in that region that's a different context showing some good from European colonialism. Now back to present, you can say that Israel now is part a settler colonialism and expanding onto Palestinian lands, but the more greater part is that Israel is being lead by Zionists with an alt right ideology and nationalism/patriotism that wants more land and for Israel to expand more. Edited January 3, 2024 by Danioover9000 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 (edited) Torturing thousands of Israelis for 30 years and then makes himslef innocent by manipulative tactics ended up even further increased pressure on Israel, hamas brought on himself the explosion of Israel on him and holds almost all the responsibility to Gaza's situation. Edited January 3, 2024 by Nivsch 🏔 Spiral dynamics can be limited, or it can be unlimited if one's development is constantly reflected in its interpretation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 6 minutes ago, Nivsch said: Torturing thousands of Israelis for 30 years and then makes himslef innocent by manipulative tactics ended up even further increased pressure on Israel, hamas brought on himself the explosion of Israel on him and holds almost all the responsibility to Gaza's situation. 8000 children. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 @Nivsch @kenway 20 minutes ago, Nivsch said: Torturing thousands of Israelis for 30 years and then makes himslef innocent by manipulative tactics ended up even further increased pressure on Israel, hamas brought on himself the explosion of Israel on him and holds almost all the responsibility to Gaza's situation. 13 minutes ago, kenway said: 8000 children. I think you both would get along in a coffee shop if you both weren't this bi9ased and ideological. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 5 minutes ago, Danioover9000 said: @Nivsch @kenway I think you both would get along in a coffee shop if you both weren't this bi9ased and ideological. I'm biased and ideological? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 @kenway 2 minutes ago, kenway said: I'm biased and ideological? Everyone is at varying degrees, otherwise you'd no longer be you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 5 minutes ago, Danioover9000 said: @kenway Everyone is at varying degrees, otherwise you'd no longer be you. I'm biased towards unity. It's the other ones that are the problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 @kenway Just now, kenway said: I'm biased towards unity. It's the other ones that are the problem. True. 😁 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 (edited) https://www.timesofisrael.com/france-germany-slam-far-right-ministers-calls-for-voluntary-emigration-of-gazans/amp/ French FM: “We condemn the statements of Israeli Ministers Smotrich and Ben Gvir, which call for the emigration of Gaza residents. The Israeli government does not have the right to decide where the Palestinians should live on their land.” German FM: “We reject in the strongest terms the unhelpful statements of Israeli government ministers regarding the displacement of the population of Gaza. The Palestinians should not be expelled from Gaza, nor should the area of the Strip be reduced.” @Danioover9000 Interesting clip to analyse the body language for. Regarding the Beirut assassination . Edited January 3, 2024 by zazen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2024 (edited) Owen Jones nails it as he ploughs through the 84 page South African application to the ICJ. Edited January 3, 2024 by kenway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites