The last thing this situation needs is a bunch of outsiders taking sides. Trauma, my ass, these assholes bring it upon each other.
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If a country plants a bomb in the pocket of 2000 people who they have 'identified' as part of a terror group, but that person doesn't wear a uniform... -
If a country plants a bomb in the pocket of 2000 people who they have 'identified' as part of a terror group, but that person doesn't wear a uniform...Every time I say this, it makes me sound like some edgelord - but anyone who's trying to gin up moral outrage over either Israel or Hizb'allah is pitifully naive. There are no innocent bystanders.
It's an insane asylum, locked from the inside. Anyone who takes any side in this mess does not understand it.
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If a country plants a bomb in the pocket of 2000 people who they have 'identified' as part of a terror group, but that person doesn't wear a uniform...Well, that's good. Because I don't think you're a "terrorist apologist", either. Just wanted to make that clear,
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If a country plants a bomb in the pocket of 2000 people who they have 'identified' as part of a terror group, but that person doesn't wear a uniform...Are you asserting only innocent people were killed in this strike? That's not rhetorical.
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Sometimes I think about how if singapore is so worried about Chinese disinformation and espionage (and they are), a very easy antidote to that is to really lean into our southeast asian identity.Ecch... without wishing to contradict you in the slightest - my first contact with Greek culture was in Lagos, Nigeria.
Of course, the Greeks have a long history of forming distant colonies, a seafaring people. They've harmonized their multiple identities, by and large.
Yeah, trying to identify as 'Singapore Chinese' is never going to work, imho.
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Newsletter: The recent Second Circuit decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is only the latest battle in the war on libraries and the freedom to read.Frank Zappa once said something to the effect that if you want your kid to have a decent education, take him to the library.
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Starting a #music thread to share the music I've loved this year. Whether or not it was actually released this year.Figured I'd poke my head in at this point to congratulate you on what (for me) is a finefine music thread.
Et pour la charmante épouse, mes félicitations pour s'être associée à cette personne manifestement très intelligente...
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#ElonMusk is posting information to portray both Mastodon and Instagram as child pornography sites.Elon Musk went in for a colonoscopy - and you'll never guess what they found in there:
Yeah. Vladimir Putin's wristwatch.