I mean, yeah. The tragic answer is that civilian casualties are inevitable in war, unfortunately.
According to a UN meeting from 2022, 90% of war casualties globally are civilians. That’s not to say that’s an acceptable ratio, in fact it’s horrifying, but it does show that a ratio of “a handful” to “a bunch” is quite a lot better than the average.
And, frankly, this is one of the least morally concerning things Israel has (presumably) done. The pagers were targeted specifically because they were used almost exclusively by Hezbollah.
We do for the ayatollahs though, because they are the ones who actually make the decisions, same goes for Russian presidents and CCP general secretaries
I have a bit more sympathy for the president, since his decisions can all be vetoed by the ayatollah, and he broadly seems to be trying to move Iran in the right direction
I’m on it lads, booking my flight to Tehran now
Now, in a scenario where they are about to commit violence, or the justice system has failed, the balance may be different
Left your reading comprehension at home?
The argument I was supporting is that you don’t have carte blanche to do whatever you want to intolerant people. The argument I am making is that you have a moral obligation to rely on the law first because that IS the social contract. Not because the law would punish you for it.
Not all police are the same everywhere, but regardless, you can’t just stab people who are being racist.
Just “because nationalism”
Doesn’t mean it’s not profitable, though!
But there’s an important difference between allowing intolerance, and letting the legal system be the arbiter of how it should be disallowed.
Vigilante justice not only deprives the perpetrator of their right to a fair trial and proportionate punishment (yes, being intolerant does not deprive you of your human rights) but also denies the victims their right to see the perpetrator receive justice.
YOU do not get to be the arbiter of justice, just because you think someone is a terrible person. Maybe they’re mentally ill. Maybe they have dementia. Maybe they’re also a victim of abuse.
Document the incident, protect and comfort the victim, contact the police and allow actual justice to take place.
Because in your scenario they are not a threat of imminent violence, and by being a vigilante you prevent society from enforcing consequences in the way the social contract defines - through the justice system.
Now, in a scenario where they are about to commit violence, or the justice system has failed, the balance may be different.
Lula Brazil is very different from bolsonaro Brazil
You can’t possibly make a reasonable argument that Kamala Harris is a fascist lmao
If they’re exclusively supporting the right wing candidate, they’re not a centrist, then
Why are you unwilling to enlighten us?
This list isn’t by percentage with a home - it excludes people who rent, so all this shows is that nobody rents their home in China
This is literally about a judge fining the diplomat half a million, though?? Like isn’t this literally the exact opposite of that
Holy moly
Has Kim been transphobic? Or is this just you generally hating techbros (not that I’d really consider him a techbro tbh)
They are somewhat right about the fact that the vaccines haven’t been sufficiently accessible in Africa to actually tackle the crisis, though
Though it is worth noting that the original commenter very nearly hit on an important point: the vaccines are not accessible enough to communities in Africa, especially in the poorest - often the most impacted - regions.
Mpox is something we could have stopped long ago with a better system of distributing/purchasing vaccines, like with tuberculosis.
It is true that when these diseases reach Europe, North America and East Asia, these medicines suddenly start being distributed far more effectively, since that’s where most of the companies that manufacture them are based, and since the countries there are wealthy enough to effectively do so, but only now that it’s an Us Problem™️
Yeah that’s a fair point wrt non-militant roles, my assumption was that they were primarily used in the military since their purpose was to avoid the issues with mobile networks being used to track them.
But we don’t know exactly how the devices were distributed, so you’re right that there were potentially a large number of non-military Hezbollah staff.