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Post by UltraSane »

ebbi wrote: post #132
dralley wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I accept US responsibility for a great many of the civilian deaths caused in Vietnam. I don't accept US responsibility for Islamists of different varieties blowing up each other's markets and places of worship with weapons provided by Iran and Syria.

So you don't accept the fact that a lot of this sectarian violence flared after the toppling of Saddam, which was because of the US? And how many of the deaths do you attribute to the sectarian violence, as opposed to the direct actions of the US in the region?

The VAST majority of the deaths were from sectarian violence.

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Post by blks »

wtcactus wrote: post #202

What an interesting tile. Is the value of his AI company expected to overcome the 'terrorist sympathizer' allegation? Is this how it works always or just when the person is inside the present Overton Window? Let's try Elon Musk then: "He was called a 'fascist'. Now, his tech company is valued $1.5T" This is the way, right?

“Terrorist sympathiser” doesn’t mean much these days. People call Ms. Rachel a “terrorist sympathiser” and “antisemite of the year” for not wanting kids to die or become amputees

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Post by wtcactus »

blks wrote: post #212
wtcactus wrote: post #202

What an interesting tile. Is the value of his AI company expected to overcome the 'terrorist sympathizer' allegation? Is this how it works always or just when the person is inside the present Overton Window? Let's try Elon Musk then: "He was called a 'fascist'. Now, his tech company is valued $1.5T" This is the way, right?

“Terrorist sympathiser” doesn’t mean much these days. People call Ms. Rachel a “terrorist sympathiser” and “antisemite of the year” for not wanting kids to die or become amputees

> “Terrorist sympathiser” doesn’t mean much these days.

I guess it means almost as little as "fascist" then.

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Post by lukan »

throw310822 wrote: post #208
lukan wrote: post #206

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Maybe because most of them were born there and also their parents and grandparents? That is called birthright and the way I see it, it applies to both groups. And the conflict will never be solved (without large scale genocide), if both groups largely negate the other groups rights.

You're right, expelling Israelis from Palestine would be a crime exactly as it's been a crime expelling Palestinians. While I believe that Jews had no right in the first place to immigrate there, this doesn't change the status of their descendants who are born there and whose families are born there. But let's be clear on this: Jews that are not currently in Israel have no right to immigrate there. Jews that are in I…

But what about Palestinians who were born elsewhere? Do they have a right to go back to their ancestors land?

To me it seems close to the arguments of the jewish who see themself as native, "just" on a larger timescale. There is no easy solution that I can see. (except letting go of fanatism)

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Post by w1nt3rmut3 »

siltcakes wrote: post #69
jerlam wrote: post #22

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The only contrarian, just like everyone else.

He and Paul Graham, truly are the only people speaking out against Zionism though. The rest of the VC industry is either staunchly pro-Israel or silent on the matter.

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Post by adrian_b »

siltcakes wrote: post #109
dralley wrote: post #105

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Less than half of Israelis are Askenazi, and unless your solution is to "ethnically cleanse" by sending people back to the countries their grandparents fled, it hardly matters. Americans and Europeans have the false notion that Israeli Jews are predominantly European. They are not.

Returning land to the people it was brutally taken from is not “ethic cleansing”. The right of return is still valid.

While I agree that the land has been taken by force, unfortunately returning the land is no longer an acceptable option.

The land of Israel has been developed in such a way that it has become completely different from what it was one century ago, and there is no doubt that its previous owners could have never succeeded to do a similar development, due to a combination of lacking both the financial means and the skilled labor capabilities.

While I believe that returning the land would be unjust at this time, I also believe that the never-ending war between Israelis and their neighbors can be stopped in only 2 ways, one of which is not acceptable in the modern world and which would bring eternal shame on Israel if they would ever succeed to realize it.

The second option is for Israel to do the same that Israel has demanded and has obtained from states like Germany. This means that Israel should admit that they have occupied the land by force and they should repair this by paying a just compensation to the remaining descendants of the former inhabitants, exactly like Israel has received from countries responsible for the oppression against Jews during WWII.

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Post by verisimi »

anonzzzies wrote: post #209
verisimi wrote: post #195

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It is not political; I did not know the owner had political opinions. I started using Replit before it had AI, had some ideas and they gave me a free year of AI last year when I complained it is so far behind the rest. And imho, it still is. Like the other comment here: I just have much better outcomes with the same prompts with other tools. That is all I meant to say.

Cheers

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Post by imp0cat »

gameboy45 wrote: post #16

interesting hearing his justification for working w Saudi but not Israel: He says he would never work with Israel now. “I think it’s an illegitimate and criminal government,” he told me during our gun safety training. “I mean, [Benjamin] Netanyahu is a war criminal.” When I pointed out that Saudi Arabia has its own abysmal human rights record, Masad drew a contrast. “I just think about how Replit is going to be used.…

Pecunia non olet.
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