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It’s an Absolutely Terrifying Night in Gaza Right Now (www.yahoo.com)

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Some people, communicating via satellite phones, have described the attack as the “heaviest bombardment yet,” according to independent journalist Sharif Kouddous.

“People can’t call ambulances or civil defense. We are being bombed in an unprecedented manner,” said an unidentified journalist at a Gaza hospital, according to a translation by The Nation’s Palestinian correspondent, Mohammed El-Kurd. “The sky around us just lights up [with explosions], and no one knows what’s going on.”

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[–] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The world is watching. No justice, no peace.

[–] SirToxicAvenger@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

the world has never truly been at peace though - maybe prior to the evolution of bacteria, but I doubt it.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The natural world is chaotic and violent, so that means we as thinking humans who know what it is to suffer pain and the loss of loved ones, must not only add to that violence and chaos but also devise new, sophisticated ways of inflicting suffering. But also don't forget that we're better and more civilized than animals. /s

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

Until I experienced violence myself, I was unwilling to process the logic or think it through. Then I lived a portion of my life where I was in physical danger from very bad people, and I was forced to think it through.

Being prepared to retaliate is the most effective defense against those who are not sympathetic to your needs, whom you cannot avoid. It’s why animals demo their weapons when cornered. It’s why plants “waste” energy producing toxins that harm would-be eaters.

Every organism has weapons, and evolution’s been optimizing for over a billion years. Like, a little flap of skin no longer used is selected out over the course of a million years because it provides a disadvantage against those not wasting the energy to grow the little flap of skin. But nature spends energy putting claws on kittens. Why?

It’s logical; it’s just ugly and unpleasant to acknowledge. The only time people acknowledge it is when their circumstances change such that not acknowledging it is worse. ie when they are faced with the necessity of dealing with violence.

[–] Huschke@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago

I'm pretty sure Aliens exist and there are big signs around our solar system that say something like "Avoid that system, murderous apes".