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The Magistrate

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20. Quite True, Sir

Thu Oct 12, 2023, 11:35 AM

Oct 2023

And what was done in Belgium the Germans admitted casually. There's an odd aside in the official biography of the ace Richtofen, where he recounts the hospitality given his cavalry unit in a Belgian monastery in the early days of the war. Returning there months later as an airman, he inquires about the place, and is told the monks had been hanged. This was a work widely circulated, even in the Allied powers.

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Ok, they didn't behead babies. They just burned them and slaughtered them. [View all] boston bean Oct 2023 OP

They just butchered them ISIS style dalton99a Oct 2023 #1

I know. Its absurd that just because Hamas stopped short of beheading babies changes anything. honest.abe Oct 2023 #2

The offense taken to it, when we all know the other gruesome acts they perpetrated. boston bean Oct 2023 #5

Indeed. Most of us were already freaked out by the atrocities even before we heard about the babies. honest.abe Oct 2023 #11

Well it does matter what the facts are. Voltaire2 Oct 2023 #18

If those were the only atrocities then yes. honest.abe Oct 2023 #21

They can't seem to grasp. boston bean Oct 2023 #22

There have been credible sources about dismemberment. madaboutharry Oct 2023 #3

I think the OP intended for :sarcasm: tag in the title, but it doesn't work there Kennah Oct 2023 #12

Ok, I didn't know smilies don't show up in titles. madaboutharry Oct 2023 #15

Who cares how they did it? They killed people. TreasonousBastard Oct 2023 #4

It's to gin up outrage redqueen Oct 2023 #7

They are playing to their "base" usonian Oct 2023 #10

There was already quite enough outrage, would you not agree? boston bean Oct 2023 #23

Jerusalem Post.... brooklynite Oct 2023 #6

And the statement that they did, was clarified there were reports of, but no absolute verification Freethinker65 Oct 2023 #8

Raping women to death? Burning children alive? Not that bad according to DSA and other Maru Kitteh Oct 2023 #9

The DSA rally literally cheered a mass shooting sarisataka Oct 2023 #14

There's no moral distinction when it comes to killing babies. There is a distinction when it comes WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #13

Have you also noticed sarisataka Oct 2023 #16

Quite True, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2023 #20

So Israel is likely 'killing babies' right now. Voltaire2 Oct 2023 #19

Hamas living amongst them are complicit. boston bean Oct 2023 #25

Why is there a demand for this? I assume that EVERYONE on this board redqueen Oct 2023 #27

When making Israel the aggressor, I think that ye, you do, and must, boston bean Oct 2023 #28

No, I won't bark when anyone says speak. redqueen Oct 2023 #29

Oh shock shock shock away. boston bean Oct 2023 #30

5 North Shore Chicago Oct 2023 #40

What part of the post you responded to supported Hamas or Voltaire2 Oct 2023 #37

Isreal is not killing babies in an act of terrorism. boston bean Oct 2023 #38

Mere nuance. Voltaire2 Oct 2023 #41

We ain't living in that world. I expect freedom, justice, protection boston bean Oct 2023 #43

So give us your solution so Israel doesn't have to live under a terrorist threat from Hamas ripcord Oct 2023 #32

I don't have a solution. Voltaire2 Oct 2023 #36

There is. GaYellowDawg Oct 2023 #39

So the imperium with its air superiority Voltaire2 Oct 2023 #42

While we're whatabouting... GaYellowDawg Oct 2023 #44

Not a lot of difference between beheading and blowing heads off. No way to avoid latter at this Silent Type Oct 2023 #17

High-caliber bullets will dismember a small body. maxsolomon Oct 2023 #24

I think blowing a babies brains out is as bad as beheading one. As is burning them alive. boston bean Oct 2023 #26

The issue is proximity. maxsolomon Oct 2023 #31

Killing is killing, whether done from a recliner pushing buttons or swingin a machete. Silent Type Oct 2023 #33

I get that moral position, and I tend to agree. maxsolomon Oct 2023 #34

Yes bombs are easier for the killer, but I'm looking at if from the victims/family's point of view. Silent Type Oct 2023 #35

Exactly. Jirel Oct 2023 #45