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   Wren Reilly (akareilly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 13:59:52 JST Wren Reilly

   People have a right to water.
   Cutting off water is mass murder.

   Answering one atrocity with another is not acceptable.

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     Wren Reilly (akareilly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 13:59:48 JST Wren Reilly

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     People who kill civilians are not fighting for freedom.

     No matter the flag.

     You can condemn governments and non-state actors at the same time.

     Do they violate human rights? Condemn them. Do their enemies violate human rights? Condemn them too.

     When someone asks you to accept the deaths of children, be damned sure you know why they’re asking you to value the lives of some children over kids just like them.

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     Wren Reilly (akareilly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 13:59:50 JST Wren Reilly

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     How does it help the hostages to cut off water?

     How does it serve longer term prospects for peace to cut off water?

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     Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (rysiek@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 13:59:55 JST Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

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     • acb

     @acb @akareilly there is a lot of very valid criticism of carpet bombings of German cities, and of the atomic bombs use against Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

     Same with Irak, to mention the infamous Collateral Murder video!

     It's also worth noting that the way war is waged has changed dramatically since the 1940s. There is way more ability to wage war while minimizing civilian casualties.

     Today much more than in 1940s killing civilians is a *choice*.

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     acb (acb@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 13:59:56 JST acb

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     • Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

     @akareilly @rysiek how does WW2 fit into this? Because we deliberately killed a lot of German and Japanese civilians to stop the Axis war machine.