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I agree with this assessment. But the end result is likely the same. Suffering is definitely the pre-cursor to extinction.
Probably what the dinosaurs thought too... an asteroid made the planet unlivable and they are gone now. We are making our planet unlivable bit by bit. My entire life is built around seeing patterns, and this is a pattern i cannot unsee. The only thing that could potentially extend our stay is the low birth rates, for which we can thank portal media devices and social media.
I am an American living in Europe and yes they do generate their electricity from renewables but they also use an inordinate amount of diesel. So much so that the air is hardly breathable around Paris and other major metropolitan cities. Europ eis "cleaner" than the US but Europ eis hardly the greatest offender in terms of climate pollution.
Re:The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @07:06AM (#50178907)
Human greed will lead to human extinction. It is a foregone conclusion, too many would rather die owning the latest iphone or latests trends than care about the global whole. You see it all around us, between the Congo, Sudan, Palestine, Ukraine and so much more... we just don't give a shit.

In summary, we are the architects of our own demise. (this is not pessimism, but realism)

Re:London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @07:01AM (#49270500)
And this is how new makeup trends will get started to fool the facial recognition
It is also their right to sue you for abuse of authority if it is proven that said captain abused their authority. Say if said captain was a zionist and decided to take it out on that person by abusing their authority. Having authority does notmake you blameless, there is still a responsibility attached to that authority.
Re:Malus – Clean Room as a Service on Friday March 13, 2026 @05:38AM (#47362301)
I predict that licenses will adapt to close this loophole...
Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @12:01PM (#39631340)
You cannot defend yourself in a territory that you occupy... no such right exists under international law.
Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @12:00PM (#39631324)
I can answer that for you, we expect Israel to abide by the 1993 Oslo Accords which provides for a two state solution agreed upon by both parties. So far Israel has breached that agreement since day one.
Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @11:58AM (#39631309)
You seem to have left out the 17 year blockade of Gaza by Israel, the intentional starvation of the population. The occasional bombings and "targeted" airstrikes... sure they just randomly attacked Israel one day because they felt like it...
Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @11:52AM (#39631247)
https://thegrayzone.com/2024/03/07/media-concocts-un-hamas-r...

“In the medicolegal assessment of available photos and videos, no tangible indications of rape could be identified,” the report concluded.

Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @11:52AM (#39631243)
Interesting that it does not bother you that Israel has been indiscriminately bombing civilians BEFORE October 7th as well as engaging in night raids all over the west bank, resulting in one of the deadliest years for Palestinians in the West Bank - again BEFORE October 7th. But somehow, their lives are worth less than the ones tragically lost on October 7th?

Second, as an occupier, there are no internal border. As the United States and Israel do not recognize a Palestinian state, they did not cross a border, they broke out of their concentration camp.

“In the medicolegal assessment of available photos and videos, no tangible indications of rape could be identified,” the report concluded.

https://thegrayzone.com/2024/03/07/media-concocts-un-hamas-r...

Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @11:34AM (#39631035)
My bad, I meant modern terrorism.

As a footnote, dynamite, which is used in terroristic endeavours, was invented by Alfred Nobel, the founder of the Nobel Peace Prize...

Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @11:30AM (#39630999)
If said illegal/legal immigrants took up arms, killed my population and declared a separate state in what was my state, then yes. But people crossing a border illegally just makes them immigrants without immigration approval.
Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @11:28AM (#39630978)
You cannot escape your DNA... Other than American Indians, everyone else in the USA emigrated there. So you can assimilate another culture, but ethnically (DNA-wise) you will always carry your ancestry around, and so will your descendants.
Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:47AM (#39629723)
That is utter nonsense. My processed snacks as you call them are not regurgitated from your TV.

Fact: Zionist congress in NY voted to colonize Palestine in 1897 - this had nothing to do with WW2 (https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/30/opinion/IHT-1897-zionist-...)

Fact: Jews, Muslims and Christians were living side by side in equality prior to 1948 and the Zionist project

Fact: The Balfour declaration was in 1917, promising Palestine to the Zionist project - nevermind that it was not theirs to promise. Again before WW2...

The Arab Israeli war - also known as the 6 day war was in 1967 - not 1948.

The Iron Dome was just more ways to spend american tax payer money. It is proven that it does not work because Hamas's rocket could barely destroy an outhouse.

"From 2004 to 2014, these attacks have killed 27 Israeli civilians, 5 foreign nationals, 5 IDF soldiers, and at least 11 Palestinians[11] and injured more than 1900 people" - from 10's of thousands of rockets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_...)

Your rape allegations have bee debunked. Israel would not allow the alleged victims speak to the UN investigators. They would not allow doctors to speak to the investigators. The entire "investigation" came from second hand accounts from the most unreliable sources.

The torture allegations debunked. Other than a bloodstained mattress, not a single photo of torture. Just secondhand accounts.

The Israel army opened fire on their own people at the festival with American made Apache helicopters.

You fail to mention that Israel has been "arresting" people, without charge or trial (against international law) and holding them indefinitely. Subjecting them to torture and rape. And this has been going on for decades, why were you silent then? ignorance is not an excuse.

As far as strategic blunder, I doubt that. They essentially killed any chance of Israel normalizing relations with any other Arab country for the forseable future. Saudi Arabia was about to sign, but now they are calling for a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as it's capital before agreeing to anything. I guess whether it was a blunder becomes a matter of perspective.

Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:28AM (#39629462)
For the record, Germany just finished paying off war reparations from WWII. 92 years later.

-https://www.history.com/news/germany-world-war-i-debt-treaty...

Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:23AM (#39629417)
How about some history, let's go back to 1993 and the Clinton presidency. There was a nice little deal called the Oslo Accords. Not the best deal for the Palestinians, but it created a lasting peace and established a Palestinian state.

Israel has never lived up to their side of the agreement. How do you expect anyone to trust them at this point. So yes, confidence is low and will continue to be low as long as Israel is not beholden to international law and continues to be protected by the USA.

There are many murmurs that Netanyahu orchestrated the death of the accords starting with the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Accords

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Yitzhak_Rabin

- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/31/assassination-...

Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:18AM (#39629351)
To the contrary, they want Gaza for the 500 billion dollar natural gas field which is in it's international waters - this would turn Palestine into another Qatar.

- https://iacenter.org/2023/11/15/behind-israels-end-game-for-...

- https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/israel-gives-nod-gaz...

- https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/6/21/palestines-forg...

Follow the money

Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:13AM (#39629293)
They do... the qassam brigades (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=qassam+brigades&atb=v340-1&iax=ima...)

Besides, not sure Israel would allow them to import the uniforms.

Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:11AM (#39629267)
Even the IDF uses those numbers. The number is likely much higher as it does not take into account those buried under the rubble - which cannot be reached without proper equipment.
Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:08AM (#39629224)
FWIW, Palestine was a country made up of multiple ethnicities and religions. The official languages were Arabic, English and Hebrew. Jews made up 1.7% of the total population at the time. More and more of them were arriving from Europe to live there.

What ruined everything was the Zionist project, which funded land purchases for farms and then only allowed Jews to work on those farms. Essentially, excluding the majority muslim and christian population from an equal opportunity to work.

These exclusionary measure created tension which resulted in the armed and terroristic attacks by the Zionist groups the Stern Gang and Irgun. (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Stern-Gang)

So yes, they could have lived in peace and were living in peace, but Zionism...

Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:02AM (#39629162)
But yet, a single democratic secular state is something that is in the hands of the occupier and their supporters. The Palestinian Authority agreed to the Oslo Accords in 1993 to create a 2 state solution - why has Israel and the USA dragged their feet? Israel has constantly and consistently broken the terms of this agreement without repercussion. We would not be in this situation now if this was enforced then.

Let the pot boil long enough, it will overflow.

Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:02AM (#39629159)
Hardly, a Palestinian has no governing authority allowing it to issue a passport or proof of citizenship. This again is controlled by Israel. So your argument does not hold water.

I found the use of the term "Former Palestinian" offensive. It implies that you are no longer such. Regardless of your citizenship, your ancestry defines your ethnic group. Palestinians are an ethnic group. Those born by parents of said ethnic group are de facto of that ethnic group.

Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @08:54AM (#39629073)
Where is your outrage for the ongoing rapes prior to october 7th and continuing to this day.

(https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/22/claims-of-isra...)

Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @08:51AM (#39629037)
Again debunked, the UN investigation did not speak to any victims or physicians that would validate the claim. The claims came from organizations known to have lied in the past. Why would Israel forbid the doctors involved from speaking to the UN?

(https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-forbids-doctors-fro...)

Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @08:48AM (#39628994)
For the record, it was debunked that it was a Hamas rocket as none of them had that potential yield and still do not. The ordinance for that explosion only had one provenance: the United States.
Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @08:39AM (#39628895)
For the record, you do not have to occupy 100% to be an occupier. If you push the current residents out of their own homes and lands and occupy said land, you are an occupier regardless of the amount of land you occupy.

The fact still stands, Israel has occupied Palestine since 1948.

Also a fact, Israel invented terrorism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing)

Re: on Thursday March 07, 2024 @08:35AM (#39628850)
FWIW, Hamas's charter states that it's issue is with the Zionist Project and not Jews. They specifically speak about coexistence, albeit in a single entity called Palestine. There is not language to exclude other ethnicities or religions, only to remove the colonialist movement referred to as Zionism - which is not Judaism.

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