Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Intent to Kill

Laid out in considerable detail, this post explores what happened to the deceased Gaza activists.  This is an excellent example of a basic premise: if you want captives, send police; if you want corpses, send soldiers.  Their training is different, and you get what you pay for.

I do not consider Israel a civilized nation.  (I wish it would have been, but sheesh and baksheesh, Germany  is accruing beans faster on the civilized side of the scale.)  I sincerely wish that America would stop sending money there.  It is funding atrocities.  This costs America a lot of civilized beans.
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msstacy13

Re: Well...

msstacy13

June 6 2010, 17:06:06 UTC 11 years ago

I think you are judging the Israelis more harshly than you ought to,
and expressing that opinion harshly as well...

and you're free to do that, of course,
I'm just pointing it out to you...
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Well...

ysabetwordsmith

June 6 2010, 20:24:59 UTC 11 years ago

I'll agree that both "judging" and "harsh" are fair. Too harsh is a matter of taste.

I'm not innately tactful. I can apply the premise of "gently if possible, firmly if necessary" to a certain extent. But I am a much better sledgehammer than a sand mallet. About the time permanent or fatal damage is done, is usually one of the more consistent thresholds at which I quit trying to apply constructive criticism with a measure of grace, and just resort to some flavor of WTF.