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Maybe? But I am not that cynical. I think the answer is actually both easier and more complicated. The US' public position has always (or at least for a long time) been support for a two state solution. And I don't think the Democrats are capable enough of convincingly lying for this to be untrue. Someone would have leaked something etc. Plus it plays into their compromise fetish. And to satisfy that it helps to actually have some land for the second state left. That's the easy part.
The complicated part is in understanding why they keep sending weapons. I think Dems have genuinely convinced themself that if they didn't arm Israel, Hamas would wipe them out. And for a two state solution it helps to keep the first state around. So they keep sending weapons but they also want everybody to know that they are really disappointed whenever Israel uses them to kill civilians. Plus Biden thinks he can push Netanjahu more effectively if he stays on his good side. That's the "hug Bibi" strategy. I think we have more than enough evidence that the strategy doesn't work.
Also there is a difference between "enough weapons to level Gaza" and "enough weapons to secure the border". And maybe someone should tell the people in charge of weapon shipments.
As far as the initative is concerned such a game would not be covered.
However there is a chance that shutting down the servers and therefore robbing players of part of the product they bought is already illegal under EU law. And if that's the case then it will ultimately up to whatever consumer protection agency takes on the case. (The initiative has been trying to get either the French or German organisation on the case for months)
I think you missunderstand how this works. Not every country has to reach 1 million. Together all countries need to reach the goal. In addition to that 7 countries also need to pass a threshold. This threshold is scaled to the population of the country in question. So in Ireland fewer people need to sign than in Germany. But this is a separate requirement from the 1 million goal
There is a UK petition in the works. It's not quite ready yet, because thanks to your recent election the team behind the initiative had to redo all of their work. (Your government requires everybody to resubmit petitions if a new parliament is elected)
- This is about citizenship not about residence. So if you have European citizenship (even dual citizenship) you can sign from outside the EU without a VPN necessary
- All signatures are checked by the EU after the fact. So if you aren't eligible then signing won't help. Your signature is going to get invalidated
To be fair to you: "killing games" and "killer games" do look and sound extremely similar. And "killer games" was the term people who wanted to ban violent games in the 90s and 2000s used.
You might not be able to sign this one, but depending on where in the world you live you might still be able to help. The official website has guides for a lot of countries. And if you live somewhere where you truly can't help (cough USA cough), then thank you never the less
Right, I knew I forgot to mention something in my post. 1000% this
https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/11/tumblrs-fediverse-integration-is-still-being-worked-on-says-owner-and-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg/