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PCIntern

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Fri Oct 13, 2023, 02:56 PM Oct 2023

Both-siderism is alive and well [View all]

My last sentences here will give you, quite possibly, more realization than you may wish to know about those with whom the Israelis are dealing.

You know, I don’t see these war crimes posts about our enemies when America goes into foreign tumult. I see a lot of reasons why some of us do not wish to go to war: death and destruction, etc. but I don’t see protestations of the potential for us committing war crimes. And that’s not because we’re nice guys, it’s because if the Jews are fighting, then they are invariably committing war crimes because… They’re Jews, right?

Oh, and one more thing: the Israelis identified and apprehended Adolf Eichmann in South America and brought him to stand trial in Israel in a judicial proceeding. Now, if it were up to people seeking revenge, they would’ve tied him to stakes on the burning hot desert ground and flayed the skin off him millimeter by millimeter keeping him alive with IVs as long as possible so he could endure a tiny percentage of the pain of the 6,000,000+ deaths which he engineered. But no, they treated him humanely which was much more than he deserved.

We Jews follow the law wherever we can, and try to do the right thing whenever possible. Sometimes it’s not possible, and there is not a country with a military in existence, which has not done things to win a war either of its own, making or another’s. Try to remember that when you think about the fact that when the Israeli team was held captive in Munich during the Olympics, at least one of them was castrated while he was conscious and alive. This is the enemy. Tell me again about why our morality is in question constantly. There is not a screenwriter in Hollywood, who would not see to it that individual who perpetrated that horror is killed in a most ignominious fashion, and the audience would stand up and cheer, because that is the appropriate fate of the malignant sadist. I understand why someone would not appreciate or approve of that, but what if it were their wife, their daughter, their entire family, who had been mutilated and murdered most horribly, then unless you’re an emotionless individual, you would approve reflexively.

Or perhaps you’d stand on your “principles”. Who the hell knows?

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Both-siderism is alive and well [View all] PCIntern Oct 2023 OP
You've basically encapsulated the difference between revenge and justice. rsdsharp Oct 2023 #1
I agree about the perpetrators... ExciteBike66 Oct 2023 #2
Exactly. Lonestarblue Oct 2023 #5
👆 This is an excellent idea. crickets Oct 2023 #16
Amnesty Internations and the UN don't agree with these claims RAB910 Oct 2023 #3
i am not emotionless, but even if it was my family, i would not approve of improper punishment. unblock Oct 2023 #4
Bringing HAMAS to justice is legitimate. Killing hundreds of thousands of families and children to Lonestarblue Oct 2023 #6
But no one knows how they can do one without the other ripcord Oct 2023 #8
Eyeshadow But see... PCIntern Oct 2023 #9
Israel has a right to defend itself... Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #7
The West Bank settlements did not occur in a vacuum: PCIntern Oct 2023 #10
None of this happened in a Vacuum. Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #12
What pisses me off is Israel has been put into an untenable position by Hamas. It is damn if they JohnSJ Oct 2023 #11
Very true. Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #21
People right inthewind21 Oct 2023 #22
I mourn for the innocent civilian casualties on both sides... DemocraticPatriot Oct 2023 #13
The blame Israel first brigade is the result of 2k years of indoctrinated hatred. nt LexVegas Oct 2023 #14
comparing all Palestinians to Hamas MadameButterfly Oct 2023 #15
The word "all" is not in my lexicon: PCIntern Oct 2023 #17
you do makes comparisons though MadameButterfly Oct 2023 #19
"This is the enemy." Jedi Guy Oct 2023 #18
Yes: you cannot coexist with an entity which is PCIntern Oct 2023 #24
Recommended. H2O Man Oct 2023 #20
you've taken a side treestar Oct 2023 #23
KnR for you, PCI Hekate Oct 2023 #25
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