Notices by Future Past (daysoffuturepast@theblower.au)

@GossiTheDog

I condemn the attack, but I think "random humans" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Do you have data on how much of the Lebanese population still use pagers for their communication? Or how many "random humans" were given *these specific* pagers that were allegedly handed out by the hundreds not too long ago?

Another user compared this to Hezbollah/Hamas bus bombings. Those victims are *actual* random humans. I simply don't see the comparison.

@aral @sumek @joey

Of course it matters! You've identified a barbaric act. But you think the act exists on its own, some kind of peculiarity in a vacuum.

For years I was also like this. There's a very real, very honest character trait that gets us to try and "restore the balance". We want to justify (or condemn) each side to even the score.

Israel does not want genocide and it won't commit one. But it will ensure its borders from the threat that not only doesn't see the country as legitimate, but wants to see it vaporized.

There is room to criticize *vast* grievances by Israel and its governments. But the fundamental fight going on here is not a matter of "both sides have done wrong."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6VCF_csmDg

Facts are facts.