• pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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      20 hours ago

      We can easily say that in a peaceful place, but it may be different for somebody who’s being shot at.

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        11 hours ago

        We can easily say running over children in a pickup is bad, but if you are drunk, it may be different.

        Still objectively bad, even if you justify it with a state of mind argument.

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          10 hours ago

          Wow. Did you just compare drunk driving by choice with having one’s life endangered and completely left with no choice?

          And you were preaching about the value of life? What a joke.

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            9 hours ago

            I did: your argument that mental state and the situation surrounding the use of human shields was critical to their morality. I lampooned it.

            Left with no choice? The article calls out specific uses of noncombatants as impromptu ablative shields and bomb squads, but the well equipped IDF “has no choice”?

            I’m failing to find any mention of the value of life, though…

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              9 hours ago

              Shooting the human shield is also bad.

              In case I wasn’t being clear, I was refering to the Palestinians who are left with no choice but to shoot back.

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            9 hours ago

            Using a human shield is a choice. I think they were making the point that what you said is garbage justification for using a human shield.

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                7 hours ago

                Then I think the other person and I both misunderstood. It looked like you were defending Israel’s use of human shields.

                I still won’t justify using a human shield.