@honestreporting: Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed well over 100,000 people, yet no major human rights organization calls it genocide. Why? Because genocide is about intent: a project to eradicate a people. After Japan surrendered, America occupied it, helped rebuild it, and by 1952, it was an ally. Compare that to Gaza, where “genocide” is now used freely. Israel has not committed genocide in Gaza. Facilitating the transfer of food, humanitarian aid, and vaccinations is undeniable proof of that. Changing the definition of genocide to mean “a lot of death in war” dishonors victims of actual genocides and erases the truth about the war against Hamas. (via: Sam Harris on the Making Sense Podcast)

Galanster :

If Israel wanted to wipe out Gaza, it could do so in an afternoon with air attacks. Instead, Israel risks its own troops on the ground in Gaza, one of the nost dangerous, complicated, urban warfare environments, in attempts to reduce civilian casualties. They drop leaflets, send texts, and phone calls before strikes to warn civilians.

baba :

Sam Harris is a huge disappointment.

kimleichter :

So what do we call it? Arguing what you call the horrific suffering of a people & the destruction of their land is insanity!

user1708732699415 :

greetings from Jerusalem. thank you for raising this example. however it seems that the public opinion in the west is so biased by now, there's nothing is going to help change what they think it is

DR[REDACTED] :

🤔ᴴᴹᴹ you actually have a good point

Shah Fazal :

its so sad when people try to explain away the complete erasure of a people as if its just not something to speak up about

Trevor :

We should probably not use America’s past as an equivalent of how a morally right society should operate

Stanley :

that's evil many innocent people died

Twirling Thunderbird :

intention matters...

rotja :

what is a genocide

🪬 hamsa🪬 :

we didn't have cellphones to see for ourselves!

The Real Dr. Phil :

Thank you for the moral clarity!!!💯

user7392051846 :

The Japanese were basically brainwashed and the emperor believed he was divine. Hirohito was required to denounce his divinity as part of his surrender.

sanueltefera :

It doesn’t matter what you call it. It just too mf sad.

frootloop11110 :

I detest pretty much everything that comes

nicolette :

TRUE

DRigs :

thanks for saying this

Shadow :

Facts

Ziv :

True

sittingwithfire :

So true

brampa67 :

Exactly

A10 :

TRG-SoCal :

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!!!

Milfsporch :

You are way off on this one!

MDK :

spot on