• steventhedev@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    It’s not oversimplified. It’s a statement of principles.

    The reality of our world is that murderers walk free all the time. But saying “x caused y and we should fix the root cause of this” is wildly different than saying “can you blame him?” Because the answer to that is yes! You can blame him for choosing violence and choosing terror.

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      2 years ago

      What did this hypothetical boy choose violence over? What should he have done instead?

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        2 years ago

        If you truly believe that violence is the only answer the Palestinians have, then you’ve given up any hope for peace.

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          2 years ago

          Feel free to answer my question on what other choice the boy has but to fight.

          Because the only other option I see in this boy is to die. Either self-inflicted, at the hands or those who liked your father, or slowly by starvation and disease.