• Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    20,000 is low numbers for the British. If they admit that’s too many people killed, they’d have to admit that they’re an island descended from murderous, genocidal zealots and colonizing savages.

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      11 months ago

      To be fair, you can say that about every country. Humans are a virus that spreads without remorse or concern.

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      11 months ago

      I’ll have you know that they’ve had running water for at least the last 10 years

    • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I mean, you’re right. In terms of proportionality, are the terms fair? No, they aren’t, for the reason you point out. They aren’t proportionately more brutal than other responses to terrorism. 22,500 is 0.004% of the population of Palestine. There’s Colonialists that have wiped out entire populations, but like the war in Iraq killed 0.6% of the population. Proportionately, Iraq killed 150 times more civilians, if I’m doing this math correctly. Not my strongest skill.

        • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          5.4m people in all Palestine. Downvoted okay for what? The claim is that Israel is committing genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.

          0.004% of all Palestinians have been killed. It’s sad. It’s a war, though, war is sad. Is it a brutal war, or a murderous war? Have to compare it to other wars.

          Where am I wrong here?