Just goes to show how little people know about how people die.

I’m just going to point out that trump is only 3 years younger, and has far more risk factors for heart attack and strokes.

Why does everyone seem to think Biden is the one who will die first.

Nah, we’re far too resourceful to be killed by climate change.

It may take out large chunks of the global population, but we will adapt with technology to be able to still sustain billions of humans.

Humans are social animals, you’re the odd one out here from a social perspective, not that you’re not entitled to that choice but choices have consequences.

I’d suggest just ignoring them. You aren’t going to find a better work environment anywhere else unless you literally have no coworkers.

I can’t wait for the new expansion. It looks fucking amazing.

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I don’t see that as insane at all. Why should I put anyone else’s lives above my own children?

How many people would you be willing to let the military kill to rescue your child who had been taken hostage?

My answer is “anyone who gets in the way”

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Yup, but people are dumb. We already have an example of what happens with no immigration, it’s Japan. It’s been economical stagnant for thirty years, and has lost even more quality of life than most countries.

What kind of ev are you driving? That’s insanely high energy usage.

My EV gets about 6km per kwh (around 4 miles)

So how many are they allowed to kill? Zero? The same number? Double? Where’s the line?

Overresponse can be a great way to end wars. See historical examples such as the USA nuking Japan, the german blitzkreig, and even Ghengis khan completely wiping cities off maps.

Even on a smaller scale, like if you want someone to stop punching you in the hallway at school, beating the shit out of them frequently works to end the behaviour.

Except that’s not a good analogy.

How many people would you be willing to have the military kill to get your child back if they had been taken hostage?

If the kidnappers were hiding behind their own family, with their family knowing they’ve done an evil thing, would that change your answer?

I know I wouldn’t care how many they had to take out, my child is worth worth more to me than terrorists (and their supporters) lives.

Would I prefer they don’t take out women and children while getting my child back? Of course, but the whole point of using human shields is to make it difficult to do just that.

The Israelis got 4 hostages back today, and it looks like there were around 200 Palestinian casualties to do so. Too bad for them.

It’s a war, and this time Hamas started it. Should they expect no consequences for killing a thousand Israeli civilians?

Never has been. Never will be.

If they wanted to actually kill civilians, why is the death count such a low percentage of the population?

It would be trivial for them to be killing more, and yet they aren’t.

If you kill 60% civilians and children, and the population is 75% civilians and children and the enemy is literally using them as human shields, you’re showing that you’re doing at least something to minimize the harm. Anyone with a heart should be furious that this is the way that Hamas has decided to fight. Anyone with a heart should be furious that they attacked over a thousand civilians to pop off this latest round of violence. It sure made the Israelis furious, that’s why they’re retaliating.

There’s no such thing as a war with 0 civilian casualties anymore. This isn’t the 1600s where people lined up for battles in nice lines. So every war is a genocide by your definition. Unfortunately they’re still going to happen because the world isn’t all rainbows and unicorns.

Civilian casualties are both real people and statistics. Again, the world isn’t all rainbows.

Israel has killed less than 1% of all Palestinians, so your bullshit logic is just that.

To add insult to your stupidity, the median age in gaza is 19 years, which makes the 60% number actually a good thing since 75% of the population is either a woman or a child.

Do you really think the entire western world is pissing off their citizens for fun? You really don’t understand geopolitics at all. The support for Israel isn’t just for shits and giggles, governments are sending them billions and have very good hidden reasons(military). The primary rule of Proxy wars is “don’t talk about proxy wars” which is why the public is so mad, and the governments are going to keep supporting them anyways.

Iran has done an excellent job of sacrificing Palestinian lives to turn the PR against Israel. You think Israel want’s to be killing civilians? They actually don’t, it’s bad for their image. Unfortunately Hamas literally sets up bases in schools, hospitals, and other civilian areas because they’re literally using human shields and you’re acting like Israel is just supposed to ignore them? This is how urban guerrilla warfare works. It’s dirty as fuck, and there’s no better options.

The only thing stopping other countries from holding Israel accountable… Yea, NO SHIT. The US is THE military superpower for the western world and they aren’t willing to give up that strategic location. It’s not just the US though, everyone from the UK to Canada is saying “please stop” while still sending financial support. It’s a PR issue at this point for governments, but they’ll keep working on the problem and keep sending money.

You act like the US has other weapons that can ignore distance but you can’t just shoot everything from the other side of the globe, it’s far too expensive to hit more than a handful of targets that way.

What does the US have to gain? Location, pressure, denial of certain attacks (like Israel assassinating Iranian generals), being able to position nuclear weapons close to Iran, as well as distracting Iran from attacking US targets directly, among a host of other benefits. This also extends to other countries in the same vicinity.

Israel would definitely have the funds to take out Palestinians if they weren’t being supported by external forces. The Palestinians are flat broke, they have no advanced industries at all. The GDP per capita for Gaza is like $900 USD a year per person, and only double that in the west bank. Israel is around $50,000. The British really turbo-charged the Israeli economy while they were in control of the area pre-1948 and the effects of that are still extremely obvious.