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It's a ridiculous argument. The Nazis went through a LOT of effort and resources to gather Jews from all the corners of Europe, and even more effort into exterm
by erezsh 7mo ago
It's a ridiculous argument. The Nazis went through a LOT of effort and resources to gather Jews from all the corners of Europe, and even more effort into exterminating them as fast as they could, within the logistical and economic constraints of fighting a 3 front war.
There's no comparison at all to the ease with which Israel could just drop a couple of bombs on Gaza, had it decided to do so.
- sosomoxie 7mo agoThe only thing stopping Israel from doing that is international outrage. Israel is entirely dependent on its benefactor states like the US and, while it pushes the limits to the extreme, must at least contend with world opinion.
- erezsh 7mo agoThat's like me saying you're a murderer, but you just haven't killed anyone yet because you're afraid of going to jail. Maybe it's true, but it's a bit of a silly argument, isn't it? In western society, we judge people based on their actions.
- sosomoxie 7mo agoIsrael has murdered tens of thousands of people. Your argument doesn't hold.
- mattmaroon 7mo agoThat’s not what murder means. They were attacked by a government and went to war.
- sosomoxie 7mo agoThey've murdered tens of thousands of civilians. Israelis literally killed an entire NICU of infants.
- manyaoman 7mo agoThe fact that I just spent five minutes thinking about it proves that it's not ridiculous at all. The scale is different (so far), but I’m not convinced there’s a qualitative difference.
- mattmaroon 7mo agoMost people spend more than five minutes a day thinking about things that are ridiculous.
- manyaoman 7mo agoDo you? I don't think I do. Unproductive, sure, but not ridiculous.
- mattmaroon 7mo agoYou literally just did.
- manyaoman 7mo agoSo I guess your point is that other people think about things that you consider ridiculous. I don't dispute that.
- erezsh 7mo agoIt's because you're deeply ignorant about the subject. Anyone can think ridiculous thoughts in complete ignorance. Try reading a history book about the holocaust, or even just WW2, and you'll see just how ridiculous you sound.
- aa-jv 7mo agoYou seem to be ignoring the retaliation that would be enacted at a drop of a couple of those bombs.