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Originally Posted by GGG
You are the one who is objecting to their being an acceptable number of civilian deaths to take out a military target not me.
I agree with you that what the Israeli government is doing to Gazans his horrific. The reason it’s horrific and at a scale beyond comprehension is because the Israeli government does not appear to care when it kills civilians in Gaza.
You have a hypocritical position where you believe that Israel had a right to respond to Oct 7th but believe any discussion of an acceptable amount civilian death could possibly exists is not acceptable for discussion. If you believe that defensive war can exist you believe there is an acceptable civilian death rate even if that makes you uncomfortable.
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It’s not really hypocritical, you’re conflating two different things.
Israel can have the right to respond, and the acceptable civilian casualty rate can be zero. You can also then judge their response relative to how far over the acceptable rate they go.
If the acceptable rate is zero, 1 is not equivalent in severity to or “as unacceptable” as 1000, despite both numbers being unacceptable.
You can also have a moral opposition to war but believe Israel had a right to respond. War is never the only response available.