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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
One side has killed civilians as their main goal in this conflict for generations. Their government's main goal is the eradication of an entire nation.
Israel is guilty of killing civilians within a sphere of war where their opposition refuses to protect their own citizens. However to equate that to terrorism is simply immoral.
Walking onto a bus or pizza parlor full of innocent people in a time of peace (meaning NON-WAR/TRUCE/NEGOTATION) period and killing them indiscriminately will never be the same as civilian deaths during a war period.
I believe the attempt to equate Hamas, a known and globally identified Terrorist entity whose stated goal is destruction of an entire nation/race, to a modern liberal democracy engaged in warfare, is rather disgusting. Does this excuse the atrocities being committed? Of course not. But the entire cycle definitely is brought about by the actions of these terrorists. Those that excuse terrorism as justified in the name of land disputes merely perpetuate the further cycle of violence.
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Ah, language. They key to life.
Who said Hamas
refuses to protect their citizens? Do you think they refuse to have the same weapons that Israel does? That they refuse weapons aid from the US?
Also note that you said both sides commit atrocities. Your words. So then what is the value of a "liberal democracy" that commits atrocities?
Language is so important, and can do a great deal to reveal what we truly know, what we feel, and what our biases are.