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  • An Apartheid is not a democracy.

    Even if it were, those aren’t mutually exclusive. Most, if not all democracies are flawed in some fashion.

    But still the war cabinet fully supports what Netanyahu is saying here.

    So much so that members have been on the verge of resigning several times. You underestimate just how frail Netanyahus position really is.

    So you are correct to point out that it is not just Netanyahu but the israeli government that does not want a ceasefire.

    It does, just not at the terms Hamas demands.

    The rest of your comment makes no sense.

    I’m perfectly willing to clarify. If there is something you fail to understand, please highlight it.



  • Netanyahu is not the end-all-be-all of Israeli decisionmaking. Unlike Hamas, the Israeli state is a democratic institution. If an agreement is formulated between that guarantees the Israeli citizenry that Gazan islamic terrorists won’t repeat an october 7 massacre in the future, Netanyahu will not be able to stop it. Time is what is needed to create such an agreement.

    However, as always, Hamas prioritizes their own interests above those of the Gazan populace. They know very well Israel can not realistucally agree to an unconditional, permanent end to hostilities, as that was the situation that led to october 7th in the first place.

    At the minimum I would expect a permanent end to the war to be conditioned on Hamas releasing the remaining civilian hostages.





  • French culture has a long and bloody history specifically centered around getting rid of religious rule (read christianity), and implementing laws that essentially amount to freedom from religion. This is unlike a lot of other countries which focused on freedom of religion.

    When large muslim communities form, this often leads to the imposition of their religious expressions upon others. This specifically clashes with French culture, where religion is a private matter, for private spaces. Hence why many french react strongly when muslims complain about how the very laws they relied on to rid themselves of the yoke of Christianity is somehow specifically discriminatory against them.

    No, it’s not discriminatory against islam or muslims in particular. It’s a defence mechanism against the imposition of regressive, anti-humanist values on the general population by organized religion.









  • Are you suggesting people culturally removed from your own are a threat to you in some way?

    I can rather confidently say that there are cultures with values that are a threat to me, my society and my values, yes.

    Cause damn. That’d be embarrassing.

    Not in the slightest.

    Or are your own police not more violent to their citizens?

    No. For a very long time our police was amongst the least violent in the world. Probably still is.

    What is it that allowing immigrants in doesn’t improve?

    It reduces the productivity of society. Most certainly on an output/capita level, probably even on a total output level. Previously we were able to afford huge amounts of support to organizations such as the UNHCR (almost 1% of GDP) - money that could be used to make the places these people are moving away from better. That isn’t the case anymore.

    The solution isn’t to move everyone to developed countries, it is to improve the situation in developing countries. We can’t help with that if our country is an unstable mess of migrant gangs attacking each other and the rest of us.