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In reply to the discussion: Israel air strike 'hits charitable association for disabled' in Gaza [View all]Threedifferentones
(1,070 posts)How's this for a thought experiment: Japan won WW2. Japan insists we give certain states back to their original, "native" inhabitants. Certainly there is some moral backing for this idea. Just a few hundred years ago we stole the land from the natives by force, and they deserve it back. This was much more recent than the wars which ultimately left Jerusalem in Muslim hands, so it makes even more ethical and logical sense than the idea the Jewish people have some ancestral right to Israel.
Would the Americans forced to move away just forget about the homes of their parents? Or would we be so pissed that we'd be ready to fight another war to get those states back?
Now another question: Were the American and British men who made Israel possible overtly Christian? Did they make any secret of the fact that they valued Christians more than Jews and Jews more than Muslims?
Now another question: If Hamas had the money and technology to match Israel, would they resort to using human shields?
And another: Let's say you see a large person beating up a much smaller person. The smaller person winds up going for a weapon, which alters the stakes of the fight a great deal. Would you blame the smaller person for aggravating the situation, or would you see he was left with no choice because a smaller person stands so little chance in a fist fight?
In other words: In general fights are a situation of two wrongs don't make a right. But, when one side is way bigger and already has most of what it wants, and insists on pressing the fight, that side is a bully.
I'm annoyed by adherents to all three "book based" religions equally, but I HATE bullies, and really think you should too.