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Originally Posted by Seaver
Guidance-bombing a building which has known enemies is not terrorism. It's part of war.
Indiscriminate rocket or suicide attacks purposely killing civilians is terrorism, not a part of war.
Don't let yourself be caught up in the greys. There are legal rules to war, there are legal definitions of terrorism. Israel, though they have blood on their hands, makes extreme strains to both make peace with and treat their enemies extremely well considering the bloodlust of their neighbors.
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And right now those guided bombs are killing Lebanese civilians, and the legal acts of war have been killing Palestinian civilians and rendering them homeless for who knows how long. Whether an act during a conflict intentionally targets the innocent or not doesn't make those casualties any less dead, or their surviving families any less grieving, or their cries for justice any quieter. The problem is that people on both side of the conflict suffer loss and think that the solution is to retaliate.
And host, I was mostly just tired of having to scroll for eternity to get to the next post, my warning wasn't intended to target you specifically. I understand that you're between a rock and a hard place, but we don't have the time to read every article that shaped your opinion about related or unrelated subjects to understand where your viewpoint is coming. In fact, it's the kind of post I mentioned earlier that discourages myself from continuing to participate in threads like this, because I wonder if I'm actually expected to read those ten pages of quotes before I can rationally respond to them. I just end up ignoring those posts and responding to others. Frankly, I don't even know what your position on this subject is, because I don't have the time it takes to read all of the articles you quote in their entirety. Ultimately, your attempt to get everyone to understand the origins of your opinion serves to the opposite effect you intended. There are times when quoting an entire article might be necessary to completely understand the point being made; I do not see that happening here. I see member's opinions being buried amongst pages of quotes from other people. Please, try using your own words to sway us instead of those of other people. There's nothing wrong with quoting facts or statements that shed further light on the subject, but it's tiring to have to look through entire articles trying to figure out exactly what point you're trying to make.