I’ve only lived in one apartment my whole life, but I wouldn’t be surprised. Less need to interact means less interaction.

I live in a small building with few units. My neighbors and I get along great, although they’re much more eager to socialize than I am. I don’t really mind, but still.

It would have been better if Russia had abided by the Minsk II agreement. Better yet, if the Budapest memorandum had been enforced and Russia not invaded its sovereign neighbor to begin with. But power is the only language Russia speaks.

I used to have a college professor who would always laugh at his own jokes. Always. His class only laughed maybe half the time. I didn’t mind much because he was a cool guy in general.

If the problem is churches taking too much money from people, how is taxing them going to change that? Won’t that just encourage them to take more?

This is what I tell myself every time I find out the hard way what documented parts of Visual Basic didn’t make it into VBScript.

I mean, you can’t even tell me what would justify October 7th, so I’m not sure even you understand your own ideology. It comes across to me like Christians who reframe the entire world through their interpretation of the Bible, then get angry at others for questioning it. In this case, it comes from a furious inability to accept that Hamas committed unjustifiable atrocities because that would collapse your entire worldview. You’re probably backing off now because you’re afraid of having this precious opinion challenged any more than it already has been.

But hey, I can’t force you to reply anymore. I enjoyed this conversation, and I hope you have a good rest of the week.

I should have added them before. Now, would you like to answer the question, or was October 7th not justified?

So what specific circumstances would justify raping a bunch of women, killing dozens of children, and shooting up a concert full of people who were not an immediate threat to you? And how do they not also justify 9/11?

So just give it to me straight, do you think it’s okay to shoot up a concert where nobody could reasonably be considered a threat to you? Consider that in isolation. It’s a simple question yes or no question. I’ll read your thing about “resistance ideology” if you can answer that.

I found this article, which specifically states:

Under international law the right to resist excludes recourse to violence against civilians.

That sounds to me like Hamas isn’t allowed to kill civilians. Do I understand that correctly?

I don’t really know what “resistance ideology” is. Are otherwise-heinous actions acceptable if they come from a weaker party? Is this that power-plus-prejudice thing again?

Ukraine’s capabilities wouldn’t change whether Russia’s invasion was unjust. If they were a corrupt nation run by neo-Nazis (they aren’t) and Russia wanted to draw attention to it, then they’d be justified in attacking Ukraine.

Yes, Operation Cyclone is a fact, but Al-Qaeda literally said that they didn’t receive US funding. They have zero reason to lie about that. Why are you so angry about it?

Morality is the entire point of the discussion. If morals don’t matter, then it shouldn’t matter how many innocent people die at the hands of Hamas - or the IDF. Both sides can do whatever they want and nobody gets to complain about what they do. That includes you, me, and everyone else on Lemmy. If morals do matter, then we need to think about the motivations and actions of every party involved.

Hamas and Hezbollah are both oppressive, extremist regimes internationally recognized as terrorist groups who are intent on destroying Israel. This is literally genocide. Since Iran is funding and arming them, Iran is complicit in their attacks on Israel. Iran is also internationally known as a state sponsor of terror. These are indisputable facts.

Iran only gets attacked by Israel when they start fights with Israel. Their motivation is simply the destruction of a nation that doesn’t provoke them. The recent strikes were a response to Iran’s sponsor of murderous terrorist groups attacking Israel - namely, Iran messed around and found out.

If morals don’t matter, why are you so upset about Israel killing civilians? If morals do matter, how do you feel about Hamas expelling the previous government of Gaza in a civil war, using the entire Gaza strip as a human shield, raping and killing over a thousand innocent people, kidnapping over two hundred of them, and firing thousands of indiscriminate rockets into Israel?

If raping and murdering people is an acceptable way to bring attention to issues, then the Russian invasion of Ukraine under the pretense of eliminating anti-Russian bias and removing Nazi influence in their government. You and I both know that’s a ridiculous statement, but it follows logically from yours.

Al-Qaeda themselves deny that they received funding from the US. Now, why is Iran funding genocidal terrorist groups acceptable? Can you answer that without saying “well the US is doing it too,” or is this whole conflict tit-for-tat?

And raping/killing over 1,000 people and taking over 200 hostages is clearly the best way to achieve peace.

the same reason why the US funded Alquaeda.

I can’t find a credible source confirming that. And even if they did, that wouldn’t make Iran’s funding of Hamas and Hezbollah any less genocidal. Fair point on the origins of Hamas, though.

And allowing Hamas to continue killing people with impunity isn’t realistic either.

Alright. I learned a lot and enjoyed talking with you, and I hope you have a good rest of the week.