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AloeVera

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50. Mis-stating my position won't help the morality of your argument...
Sun Apr 21, 2024, 08:24 PM
Apr 2024

Which is basically that Palestinian children should not be born now, into such a world.

So this is how it goes. Destroy a people's land and all they know, immiserate and desolate them including their children, and then use that horrific circumstance to argue that, for the sake of the children! it's best not to bring them into that horrific world.

There are a million children living in that unimaginably ugly world right now. Anyone who has not opposed this "war" can't make the claim now to have the best interests of children at heart.

Yes, Gaza is now uninhabitable as it was planned to be so. But those childless couples desparate to have kids would likely have made great parents by the simple fact that they wanted that child. To destroy their desparate hope, on top of everything else they've had to endure is really kicking people in the teeth when they are already down.

I'm in the lane that opposes that.

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Wow! Hope22 Apr 2024 #1
I suspect if Iran had bombed an Israeli IVF center, this would be a major news item. David__77 Apr 2024 #2
And some folks here would be celebrating BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #8
Really? That is a seriously out of bounds and baseless group smear. Other than some rando spun up burner troll accounts Celerity Apr 2024 #25
Of course claudette Apr 2024 #74
Madness malaise Apr 2024 #3
Gaza will never recover pfitz59 Apr 2024 #4
Sadly claudette Apr 2024 #73
Yep. He's drooling over all that beachfront property. littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 #87
Woah! What a dispiriting, despicable act for future hopeful parents. electric_blue68 Apr 2024 #5
Sorry, but this smacks of the MAGATs "baby killers" accusations against pro-abortion activists. Beastly Boy Apr 2024 #6
and where is this "information" coming from?... agingdem Apr 2024 #55
Embryos are not people. Let's not start acting like evangelicals. BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #7
They are not, but they are precious to people phylny Apr 2024 #10
Great, but.... BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #11
Who is this "you folks" you reference? phylny Apr 2024 #12
People who think Gaza is the most important thing in the world ATM. BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #41
They are in their homeland and many people want families. David__77 Apr 2024 #20
For some reason this reminded me of a Golda Meir quote: Beastly Boy Apr 2024 #21
And it is true that Israeli forces have killed many thousand of children very recently. David__77 Apr 2024 #22
And it is true that Hamas terrorists put each and every single one of them in the line of fire. Beastly Boy Apr 2024 #24
And how many thousands of children have the terrorists killed, and attempted to kill, yagotme Apr 2024 #42
I think the point is that those peoples' choice has now been taken away from them. meadowlander Apr 2024 #30
Post removed Post removed Apr 2024 #40
Gross. meadowlander Apr 2024 #49
People with lack of foresight should not have children. AloeVera Apr 2024 #32
So it is inhabitable and there's no crisis? Good to know. BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #39
Mis-stating my position won't help the morality of your argument... AloeVera Apr 2024 #50
This message was self-deleted by its author David__77 Apr 2024 #17
So claudette Apr 2024 #66
they are embryos not unborn Palestinians. sound like the anti-choice freaks here in the US NoRethugFriends Apr 2024 #82
What was claudette Apr 2024 #92
congratulations. you sound just like the antis I have to listen to when escorting at a women's clinic NoRethugFriends Apr 2024 #97
Oh, please claudette Apr 2024 #98
I am listening to what you're putting out, which is pretty clear NoRethugFriends Apr 2024 #99
Women go through hell to harvest eggs for the procedure! Hope22 Apr 2024 #89
And those claudette Apr 2024 #93
I think they quite delight in the act. Hope22 Apr 2024 #95
Absolutely claudette Apr 2024 #96
Send the article to a Repuke LeftInTX Apr 2024 #9
Well now their going Butterflylady Apr 2024 #13
There are 1,000,000 abortions every year in the US Mosby Apr 2024 #15
If they were forced abortions, perhaps. David__77 Apr 2024 #18
Can't wait for you to explain the relevance of this analogy. Beastly Boy Apr 2024 #19
Only if they're WYPIPO. Abolishinist Apr 2024 #27
Usually TheCynic56 Apr 2024 #35
It's intentional then. Mosby Apr 2024 #38
To me, too claudette Apr 2024 #68
Oh look, another anti Israeal thread. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2024 #14
Spellcheck would help! TheCynic56 Apr 2024 #36
Seems to be more of a typo than a misspellig Mossfern Apr 2024 #46
It was. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2024 #48
Spell check didn't catch, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2024 #47
Welcome to DU! lapucelle Apr 2024 #56
Since you are so keen on correcting people AZSkiffyGeek Apr 2024 #59
Profile info TheCynic56 Apr 2024 #94
lol Cha Apr 2024 #100
Not claudette Apr 2024 #65
You're telling me to learn the difference? MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2024 #71
Yes claudette Apr 2024 #72
I was told Gaza was an open air prison Mountainguy Apr 2024 #16
Maybe Netanyahu propping up terroristic Hamas for years with his divide et impera games wasn't such a good idea either Celerity Apr 2024 #28
Did Netanyahu "force" Hamas to invade Israel in Oct? yagotme Apr 2024 #43
I think they're saying that Israel should have attacked Gaza years ago AZSkiffyGeek Apr 2024 #62
Do you read the things you copy and paste? Mountainguy Apr 2024 #44
Look on the bright side. lapucelle Apr 2024 #61
sorry to disappoint, here you go: Celerity Apr 2024 #63
I love it when you bring the receipts. Rock on, Celerity. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 #88
Never mind. There is no bright side. N/T lapucelle Apr 2024 #69
Hello darkness my old friend. Mountainguy Apr 2024 #70
If my landlord gave you the means to kill me RandySF Apr 2024 #58
Yeah, so let's kill all the kids there, amirite? ExciteBike66 Apr 2024 #51
No kids for us but we'd adopt before IVF. JanMichael Apr 2024 #23
The embryo fetishist set heavily overlap with the bigotted shitweasel set RockRaven Apr 2024 #26
I don't think you have to be an "embyro fetishist" to understand that it's not straightforward property destruction. meadowlander Apr 2024 #29
Hamas are hiding among the embryos. AloeVera Apr 2024 #31
You think they wouldnt be? Mountainguy Apr 2024 #45
Quick, call the Alabama Supreme Court pfitz59 Apr 2024 #33
That's what I say. The GOP needs to get on this. LeftInTX Apr 2024 #37
We don't even know if this was intentional or just another bomb, like so many, that land anywhere - that's why war Wonder Why Apr 2024 #34
I care more about the 1,200 live people killed on Oct 7. RandySF Apr 2024 #52
Bingo! bottomofthehill Apr 2024 #53
A voice of fucking reason TexasDem69 Apr 2024 #54
Amen! DaBronx Apr 2024 #60
I think it's reasonable to consider that response dismissive of this killing of embryos. David__77 Apr 2024 #75
How about the thousands killed since? iemanja Apr 2024 #76
Where did those numbers come from anyway? RandySF Apr 2024 #77
The deaths have been widely reported in the press, and there has been television coverage. iemanja Apr 2024 #83
I weep for those too TexasDem69 Apr 2024 #78
Hamas is guilty of many things iemanja Apr 2024 #79
No, they just hide and fire rockets from within civilian neighborhoods. RandySF Apr 2024 #80
I'm told here that their leadership is in Qatar iemanja Apr 2024 #86
Those dead TexasDem69 Apr 2024 #81
I doubt that iemanja Apr 2024 #84
Were you awake in the days after 9/11? DaBronx Apr 2024 #57
And that's claudette Apr 2024 #64
It's so odd that this *happened* four months ago, but is only being reported now. N/T lapucelle Apr 2024 #67
I guess Israeli 'atrocities ' are getting harder and harder revmclaren Apr 2024 #85
This message was self-deleted by its author RandySF Apr 2024 #90
They were obviously terrorist embryos. Already working for Hamas. Crunchy Frog Apr 2024 #91
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