Feels like you're conflating all the Israel-Hamas issues together. None of that is relevant to what I said (maybe the first sentence is?) and I agree with most of it.
Sentrovasi
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Sorry to be replying so late, (original poster of the post that generated all these comments here) but I think you're missing the forest for the trees. You're right that entire families disappearing probably will get more people to sympathise. That was my original point. Hamas wants innocent Palestinians dead just as much as Israel does. Whether they'll fudge numbers to move that needle up or not is not really important at that point: some people just feel like in the face of that political reality, is it really so unlikely that they'll do so?
I don't think that's true. I think recognising that a public figure elected to office sending an official communication on official stationery should be obliged to write appropriately, especially when they're apparently trying to convey their respect, is an important part of the message of Santos's gross incompetence that he's trying to convey.
Sure, people on the internet can write whichever way they want and still have "clarity", but a congressman on congress stationery? I don't think the public should have such low standards of their elected officials. That person's conduct on the national and international stage reflects on the entire country. Given the official nature of the communication, I wouldn't say that's petty. Maybe that's because I'm not American though.
I think the secret is scientific progress is like me on a deadline: 20 years is just so long away, you know? I'll get started tomorrow.
Why not just let him be whatever he says he is?
The sad thing to me is that I don't think either government genuinely cares about the 195 deaths except as political leverage on Hamas's side and 195 fewer problems in Netanyahu's way.
I just went to check and it looks like they were banned for asking somebody to kill themselves...? Feels like maybe they shouldn't be doing that, regardless of whether or not they were on their fifth account.
Their original comment used the same word "downline", so I'm sure you can figure out from context that they're asking if you want to help them do the same thing they're already doing.
Yeah these posts by people who consistently get banned always have me feeling a little skeptical (no shade on OP if legit).
I believe you mean hypocrisy?
It honestly reads like everybody is going to stand up and clap or something.