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  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.websitetoMemes@lemmy.ml•You wouldn't download an entire media library
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    8 months ago

    They wouldn’t be able to finish stealing that car before a thousand hungry lawyers ate them alive. Why do we let media companies do that?

    They would probably actually have a decent shot at getting away with it, at least at first.

    And to answer your question, it’s because the anger that companies generate by doing this shit ends up turning into piracy. Why would you try to punish a corp for doing this (likely wasting your time) when a cheap VPN and basic tech literacy gets you what you want?

    The effort ratios are way out of wack when it comes to digital products. It’s easy to get around digital bullshitery, not so much in the real world where we are all car dependant.

  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.websitetoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•How the turntables
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    9 months ago

    No. Bombing campaigns are famously expensive and ineffective with regards to actually killing people. I’m serious. There’s a reason why Hitler used filtration camps and mustard gas. There’s a reason why the Chinese use forced sterilization programs. These programs are cheaper, more efficient, and more effective at genocide.

    The difference is, Israel relies on receiving billions of dollars from foreign nations to support itself and this war. If they were to do such things, they would likely lose a lot of that support. So they need to have plausible deniability.

    And you’re feeding into that.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_Convention#Definition_of_genocide

    “Article 2 of the Convention defines genocide as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such:”

    • Killing members of the group; - They’ve done plenty of this
    • Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; - They’ve done plenty of this
    • Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; - See above statements on forcing civilians from their homes, destruction of residences, prevention of food and water
    • Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; - See my above statements explaining the similarity
    • Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. - Already explained to you

    A genocide is a genocide even if the destruction is only partial. Only one of these is needed to define a genocide under the genocide convention, and Israel is very nearly doing all five.

    Oh, Israel is taking Palestinian children and forcing them to become adopted under Israeli parents, who then force them to learn Hebrew and turn away from Islam?

    You are adding on extra qualifications when I already proved similarity. You are moving the goal posts.

    Have a good day.

  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.websitetoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•How the turntables
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    9 months ago

    Because historically speaking, mass bombing campaigns has never been considered a genocide.

    Why? I’m trying to ask you what is the fundamental difference.

    Why is forced sterilization considered genocide, but the intentional killing of children not?

    The issue at play here is that Hamas was incredibly shitty with the planning of their food security

    Everybody can play the blame game. That doesn’t mean Israel should get a free pass for shutting off the water in areas they occupy, or for preventing food aid from arriving. They are aware that doing so will lead to civilian deaths, and will force them from their homes.

    Also, see the above links, I edited my comment to add additional support for the comparison to Russia’s actions against Ukraine.