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Re:UK and US strikes against Houthis under way in Yemen, say... by racketcon2089 on Monday January 15, 2024 @12:44AM (#38997770)
As you said, innocent suffering in a conflict is inevitable. Is the logical axiom that international shipping which is connected to the US and Israeli economies is more innocent than Palestinian children? Is any cargo ship crew more innocent and less culpable than say, an infant?

If you want to make an argument that some groups of people are inherently evil and subhuman and must be destroyed, just go ahead and make it.

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Re:UK and US strikes against Houthis under way in Yemen, say... by rrook on Monday January 15, 2024 @10:14AM (#39001850)
> If you want to make an argument that some groups of people are inherently evil and subhuman and must be destroyed, just go ahead and make it.

This is an absurdly bad faith interpretation of what I've said. You and I agree on the conflict in Gaza. The only opinion that I've offered is that terrorism isn't an acceptable response from a third party.

If you agree that there is too much collateral suffering in Gaza, but you're happy with a course of action that is deliberately inflicting more collateral suffering, then you're a moral hypocrite.

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