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Diplomats walk out on Israeli prime minister’s speech at UN to protest against devastating war on Gaza and latest attacks on Lebanon

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[-] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago

It makes for a more defensible argument. No sane person is going to argue that a 4 year old child is an enemy combatant. But a 20 year old male? It's easy to argue they could have been an enemy combatant and so maybe the numbers are inflated. Saying 1000 people can be interpreted as 999 enemies and only 1 civilian casualty. Saying 1000 women and children is usually interpreted as 1000 innocent lives lost.

[-] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that's true, but super fucked that women get the innocence of children and men are assumed to be not innocent in any situation.

Life is harsh when you're a guy.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

Given the Israeli position on military rape, it's just a different flavor of attrocity.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

But a 20 year old male? It’s easy to argue they could have been an enemy combatan

The age old problem of "excess males" solved by declaring open season on anyone with facial hair.

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