• Jumuta@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    wow did you know that ~50% of people are female and ~50% of people in Gaza are children? what a shocking statistic that ~70% of people killed are women or children!

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        5 days ago

        im just mocking the stats in the title because it implies that women and children are targeted but it’s not like prioritising men or adults makes it any better

        it’s not like you can ethically decide whether any one of these age groups/genders are more guilty/innocent/valuable/important

        killing through genocide is similarly unjust however you do it, it’s just that sometimes discriminating some groups makes it more beneficial for the genociding party (e.g. deaths of children are more emotionally powerful when used in media)

        the stats don’t say that they don’t discriminate though, it’s just saying they don’t discriminate based on their status as a child or an adult, or gender

      • Henry@lemmy.ca
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        5 days ago

        So you gonna develop a weapon that has an AI visual system only targeted at men? Sounds like not discriminating at all huh?

  • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    In case anyone forgot from autumn 2023:

    On Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israelis were united in their fight against Hamas, whom he described as an enemy of incomparable cruelty. “They are committed to completely eliminating this evil from the world,” Netanyahu said in Hebrew. He then added: “You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. And we do remember.”

    As others quickly pointed out, God commands King Saul in the first Book of Samuel to kill every person in Amalek, a rival nation to ancient Israel. “This is what the Lord Almighty says,” the prophet Samuel tells Saul. “‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/benjamin-netanyahu-amalek-israel-palestine-gaza-saul-samuel-old-testament/

  • Fleur_@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    Is that just because 70% of people are women and children or is there bias?

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      5 days ago

      loosing the election is on them and blue maga who support them blindly on everything, as a lifelong democrat i want them arrested and executed for warcrimes & murder along with entire aipac.

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        I mean every american president should be at least arrested for warcrimes? Maybe Trump is an exception.

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          Trump isn’t an exception, if US presidents could be tried for warcrimes there would be several things to charge him with from his first term already.

      • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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        It’s very telling about your character when you compare an adjudicated rapist, facial and insurrections with a former prosecutor and vice president that you choose to attack the prosecutor / VP over the criminal facist.

        I appreciate the clarity of seeing what is in your soul.

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          she is pos of shit who was always sucked up to the highest bider. she was anti-poor and pro-prison labor as a prosecutor. she got chosen as vp over warren because of superpacs where she was one the most unpopular candidates while warren was 3rd in primary while running beside sanders. she supported mass murdering of woman & kid, who are already living in hell with barely any food or medicine for over a year. she also basically said she cares more about grocery prices as there are more votes in it. she had taken largest donations from aipac ever in our election history while banning muslim democrats from speaking at her rallies. trump killed many during covid out of stupidity while she and biden burned poor kids alive for campaign donations.

          and i don’t need a character endorsement from a bigot mocking genocide, you are no less rotten than maga racists. probably more as they haven’t supported killing helpless children for money.

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    By eliminating the next generation(s) and the females in fertile age, it is more effective at wiping out a population than engaging directly with it.

    This is valid for getting rid of vermin, capable of explosive breeding.

    No need to guess what the results will be when applied to human beings.

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            Ya, perhaps. Time has taught my optimistic ass to be a pessimist where the IDF is involved. Or conservatives. Or… you know… People. ;)

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        6 days ago

        Unfortunately, that’s just war.
        There never was, and there never will be a moral army in war.

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          Join the IDF and see for yourself then. Why do you think there is a crisis of morale in the IDF? There was an interview from an IDF soldier talking how emotionally taxing it was for him to drive a bulldozer over dozens of people. Even Israeli news points out how horrific the average actions of the IDF are.

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      Not most, technically - wiki says 0-14 make 44% of population. But this article breaks down the 70% further by saying 44% killed were 14 or under, so it’s pretty much bang on for indicating that they’re killing Palestinians at random.

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          Yah sure. I’m sure when they shoot a civilian it’s because hamas hiding under their dress. People need to stop believing in movies just because hamas is bad doesn’t make Israel the good guy. There doesn’t seem to be a good guy in this fight. Also look at how Israel has treated them over the years is it really hard to see why organizations like hamas have sprung up?

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      6 days ago

      What fraction is under 18? It’s hard to tell by looking at the graph. I want to calculate what ratio of combatants to civilians killed a number of 70% implies.