lunar_solstice

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I'm not normally one for the romances, but my goodness it's so sweet and soothing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

It’s clear Judaism / Muslim conflicts have caused a lot more suffering to Muslims in Palestine for the last 100+ years. But the solution to this conflict will never be violence. Only diplomacy.

The mental model here is "violence and diplomacy are mutually exclusive". In fact, they're very closely connected, almost synonymous.

I’m arguing that such comments can generate hate and divide. You don’t have to agree with me on this, but I at least hope you agree that the solution is not hate, but diplomacy.

Agree here. I grew up in violence and lived through the peace process. It starts out violent, and you win concessions by showing strength, and then negotiate peace. That worked in Ireland in 1998 and almost worked in Palestine in 2000. Violence is the first part of the diplomacy.

When violence is acceptable the weak and marginalized are destroyed.

You're saying that the weak should go to the negotiating table empty-handed, but that won't solve anything for them. They need to stop being weak and start being strong, then diplomacy can start to happen.

The solution to weakness is strength. How can the weak become strong without the Armalite?

The Catholics took up arms in 1968 and came to the negotiating table in 1998. We won some concessions because we showed strength for 31 years, not "empathy". Yasser Arafat understood this: he knew when to use violence and when to negotiate. If you defang yourself as Step One, you make diplomacy impossible.

I only wish the best for Gaza and Israel. And in my opinion the solution is empathy and diplomacy. It’s obviously terribly hard to negotiate and empathize with your abuser. But in my opinion, if this sentiment doesn’t start the conflict will only stop when the weaker side is destroyed. I hope we can respect each other. Bless you.

I admire your values, but you're incorrectly equating "empathy and diplomacy". Diplomacy is more a military matter; empathy has no place in realpolitik.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (13 children)

Can you string together 2 sentences without culture war tropes?

 

Even their god is In'd'RA

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

the levels of 白左 on some hexbears, really.... 100% moralising 0% thinking

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (5 children)

What's your definition of 'pollute'? I don't really get how the verb 'pollute' can apply to non-biological planets; to me the word means something like 'putting matter in places where is disrupts ecosystems'. I think the book about Gaia has a definition like this too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (21 children)

He has Musk Derangement Syndrome 🤣🤣🤣

Too much time reading clickbait

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Slam it to the left If you're having a good time

spoiler Shake it to the right If you know that you feel fine Chicas to the front Ha ha go round

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Winter has his charms as well.

 

Cracking resource.

Some notes:

2,058 killed by Republicans, 1,027 by Loyalists, 363 by Crown Forces, 5 by Freestate forces, 79 other

130 sectarian killings of Protestant civilians; 718 sectarian killings of Catholic civilians

The IRA killed 1823, of whom 1013 were some sort of Crown Forces, 59 were alleged informers, 45 were Loyalist paramilitaries

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

say the line, bart

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