• FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I didn’t say it was acceptable. It is no more acceptable than civilian deaths in Germany, Japan, or Chechnya.

    People are often more concerned about the rate of deaths because Gaza is relatively small. But if you really are counting how many and not the rate, then the vast majority of wars were worse than Gaza. The number of civilian deaths in Dresden alone is comparable to those in Gaza. Over 150,000 civilians have died in Iraq.

    And as I said, some people find one civilian death to be unacceptable, others are willing to accept more than one. I’ve never met anyone who is willing to accept “any amount”.

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      5 months ago

      Interesting that you keep saying ‘civilian death’ and not ‘child.’ Seems like we’re talking about two very different things.

      I’ve never met anyone who is willing to accept “any amount”.

      Then see the person who replied to me who says it’s worth killing any amount to get rid of Hamas.

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        5 months ago

        Interesting that you keep saying ‘civilian death’ and not ‘child.’ Seems like we’re talking about two very different things.

        Maybe so. But personally, I believe that all civilian deaths are equally tragic whether of a child, an old man, or a mother. In fact, I would object if someone said “X dead women is acceptable, but X dead children is unacceptable”, because personally I believe that whatever X you choose should be age-independent. YMMV