ahornsirup

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[–] ahornsirup 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Regarding your initial set of links, I think it's clear that I don't consider these particularly credible. With that said, the accusation obviously has some degree of surface-level plausibility. But there's more to genocide than "people are being killed".

What about the Israeli government themselves claiming a (very dubious) 50/50 civilian-militant casualty ratio?

I don't have any issues with that. I know, that sounds callous but considering that urban warfare and sieges always have exceptionally horrific civilian death tolls even without one side (Hamas) very deliberately placing as many civilians between them and the enemy as they can, I'd argue that those numbers are actually exceptionally good.

We’ve flattened cities in WW2 with better casualty ratios than that.

Not for lack of trying. Civilian casualties were basically a non-concern for the Americans (this is also true of Israel), and the Brits very deliberately sought out attacked purely civilian targets in a terror bombing campaign (this is not). Me saying Israels conduct reminds me of the Allies in WW2 was not a commendation of either. I consider both to be necessary evils to eliminate the Nazis and Hamas respectively.

What about prominent members of the Israeli government openly saying the intention is to commit genocide?

Ben-Gvir and his party certainly would like to turn it into a genocide, but coalition governments don't work that way. A public statement from one minor coalition member doesn't make something government policy. Otzma Yehudit has two ministers and six seats in the Knesset, they're very much not able to dictate government policy. The fact that they haven't been kicked out of the coalition over their remarks is concerning, but so far that's all it is.

[–] ahornsirup 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Ideally I would want to see governmental acknowledgment, but I wouldn't call it a hard requirement. But ultimately it depends on the evidence presented, and on the people and institutions who agree/disagree with it. I can't really give you a more firm answer than that.

[–] ahornsirup 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Majority. As long as they can present convincing evidence (i.e. evidence that doesn't rely on trusting the word of Hamas and/or their friends in Doha and Tehran).

Edit: I'll also say that I trust some Western governments more than others. I'll take the word of the current German government over that of the current Italian one, for example.

[–] ahornsirup 1 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I can't speak for them, but a general consensus among Western governments.

[–] ahornsirup 6 points 2 weeks ago

Usually Steam. I like the idea of GoG, but a lot of the time if you want mods you're basically forced to buy it on Steam because of the Workshop. Also, I kinda like having everything in one place.

[–] ahornsirup 9 points 2 weeks ago

Not in this context. Curious can have the same meaning as "kurios", as it does here.

[–] ahornsirup 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The UFP has a currency - Federation Credits. The average citizen may not need (or even have) money, but it exists and is presumably accessible in some way if you have genuine need. For example the station personnel on DS9 never had issues paying at Quark's, so one can assume that they did get a salary because they were posted to a capitalist environment. I'd assume that child support would work on a similar "as needed" basis.

[–] ahornsirup 3 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think you can lump Endeavour and Garuda together. Yes, they're both based on Arch but Endeavours basically is Arch with a GUI installer and sane defaults while Garuda changes a ton of things and adds a ton of customisations that make it very different from a plain Arch (or Endeavour) system.

[–] ahornsirup 11 points 3 weeks ago

In places that already have the necessary infrastructure in place or that can actually afford to lose billions, and that are actually in a location where outdoor sports aren't literally suicide (looking at you, Qatar World Cup). That's the only way for the Olympics to not be a massive burden on the host city.

[–] ahornsirup 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You mean that time when North Korea invaded South Korea? They weren't "caught lacking" they started the war.

[–] ahornsirup 14 points 1 month ago

They want women afraid. The doctors are just collateral damage. It's not about children and it never was (if they cared about cheap labour and disposable soldiers they'd embrace immigration instead), it's about controlling women.

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