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Originally Posted by Makarov
First, no one is justifying the February 7 attacks.
Second, the injustices in Gaza over the past 20 years are entirely different than the injustices faced by First Nations and other indigenous people in Canada. Among other things, Gaza has been subject to a complete military blockade. It is a prison.
His post said "Israel" (as in the state), not Israelis.
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Not a prison, no one takes that nonsense seriously anymore. Prisons don't let hundreds of thousands of people out to work every day and they don't let multiple countries control their borders. Prisons also don't let the inmates self govern.
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I need to correct you for misrepresenting my words, something I find reprehensible. Given you have proven to have poor reading comprehension(first timer!) I suggest you read more carefully in the future, and not misrepresent peoples use of language, as it is important. I use the word "Israel" which is the country, its policies, and its government. I specifically did not use the term "Israelis" because that would be collectively attributing an action to individuals who may or may not support it.
Furthermore, yes, only Hamas is guilty(and they are guilty) of their own actions. I do not ascribe the launching of a Hamas rocket to the 8 year old living in the building beside it, such that I can absolve my consciousness of murdering them due to guilt by proximaty. That would be monstrous and inhumane.
And this is the difference between you and me.
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No one is saying the 8 year old is guilty, he is simply a casualty of war started by his countrymen. The blood is on the hands of Hamas and the people who elected them. Just like there were innocent Germans who died with the Nazis, doesn't change the fact they live in a country that started a war.
The difference between us is you hide behind your double standard to condemn a whole country for these supposed "stolen homes" and I can say there absolutely are innocent Palestinians but they can still be casualties of their own countries desire to murder their neighbors.