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[–] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 59 points 10 months ago (16 children)

The IDF's solution to bank robbers holding people hostage would be to blow up the bank

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

When that mass shooter was in Uvalde they should have droned the school.

[–] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Better analogy would be the killer in uvalde using a kid as a human shield while also shooting into the other classrooms trying to kill other kids.

Do you shoot back or do you sit around like the cops did and wait till the killer gets bored, runs out of ammo, or runs out of victims.

Just look up how many thousands of rockets and mortars Hamas has launched at seemingly random targets in Israel since October 7th.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

Better analogy would be the killer in uvalde using a kid as a human shield while also shooting into the other classrooms trying to kill other kids.

Sure, and then you bomb the school to kill them all. Also bomb all the surrounding buildings just in case.

[–] cqthca@reddthat.com 1 points 6 months ago

The movie Blazing Saddles has a scene where the protagonists threatens himself as hostage. It worked. Movie Clip Not Censored https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTNJUjsNKVk&t=153s

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[–] Masterchief117@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (19 children)

The “rockets” you’re referencing aren’t the threat you’re trying to invoke. How many Israelis have been killed by Hamas rockets ever much less since October 7th? Maybe if Israel didn’t have a concentration camp outside of their city walls they wouldn't have to worry about the threat of retribution?

Better analogy is the Uvalde shooter also starved and killed kids in the school for generations. Then some of the starving children started throwing sharpened pencils.

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[–] Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Just look up how many hundreds of thousands of Palestinians Israel has killed in the last 30 years. Israel is the bad guy here, it's not debatable.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (19 children)

the bad guy

Why does there have to be a singular "the" bad guy?

And why the need to lump a huge group together to lay that blame?

The Israeli government and Hamas both share the blame for all of this, among others.

As is too common in the world, while a relatively small group deserves the blame, many more, on both sides, suffer the consequences.

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[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

No but you see, if you’re homeless and the authorities tell you to take shelter in my house, and then you start killing my family members to try and take over the house… if I defend my house… I’m the bad guy bc you where homeless before.

[–] Prunebutt@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Just look up how many thousands of rockets and mortars Hamas has launched at seemingly random targets in Israel since October 7th.

Now, if only both parties would just cease firing for a moment. Has anyone thought of that? And if: has any governmet refused to offer/accept such ceasing of firing? /s

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

If you think you can get Hamas, an organization who states goal is to kill every Israeli, to agree to an abide by a cease fire, go for it. Their current track record speaks volumes to the contrary

[–] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, it's a better idea give Hamas new recluits /s

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[–] Guydht@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If that were the case, Gaza would be a flat parking lot right now.

[–] Spaceballstheusername@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Have you seen photos of Gaza?

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[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Large swaths of it kind of are

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