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Four children found alive in Amazon 40 days after plane crash

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Re: Four children found alive in Amazon 40 days after plane crash

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Post by ehvatum »

runsWphotons wrote: post #19
BasedAnon wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You shouldn't be, 13 year olds have complex reasoning and the physical capability. 14 year olds used to be expected to fight wars.

A few 14 year olds have always fought in wars but when was this common or expected?

Iran systematically employed 12-16 year olds en masse for the purposes of clearing minefields and drawing Iraqi fire. Perhaps 50,000 Iranian children were sacrificed in this manner. Iraq regularly responded to these child-wave tactics by deploying mustard gas.

Re: Four children found alive in Amazon 40 days after plane crash

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Post by Cyph0n »

filleduchaos wrote: post #60
Cyph0n wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Normal” as in, if you take a random 13 year old off the street and throw them into the Amazon with their younger siblings, they wouldn’t be able to keep a 1 year old alive for a month. I’m not talking about history. I’m talking about the current state of the world.

Current state of whose world? At 13 many of us had been intimately involved in raising infants and toddlers for years. It's not surprising that the 13-year-old in question is a girl. She was able to do it in the Amazon because that's an environment she knows. Many, many others may not be able to do it in the Amazon specifically, but would be able to do so in a wilderness that they know.

Not your world - the world, i.e., reality. I’m not sure how I could have been any clearer about this.

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Post by fennecfoxy »

furyofantares wrote: post #14
BasedAnon wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You shouldn't be, 13 year olds have complex reasoning and the physical capability. 14 year olds used to be expected to fight wars.

I'd be surprised if a 30yo could keep a 1, 4, and 9 alive in the jungle for 40 days.

Ah yes, our species has always lived in air conditioned houses

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Post by filleduchaos »

Cyph0n wrote: post #62
filleduchaos wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Current state of whose world? At 13 many of us had been intimately involved in raising infants and toddlers for years. It's not surprising that the 13-year-old in question is a girl. She was able to do it in the Amazon because that's an environment she knows. Many, many others may not be able to do it in the Amazon specifically, but would be able to do so in a wilderness that they know.

Not your world - the world, i.e., reality. I’m not sure how I could have been any clearer about this.

I mean, right now what I'm reading from you is that all the teenagers today who could in fact keep an infant sibling alive in a wilderness environment they're familiar with are not part of reality, which is probably not your intention. So there's room enough for more clarity

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Post by the_jesus_villa »

BasedAnon wrote: post #43
the_jesus_villa wrote: post #38

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I read a bunch of your comments and you seem like a very erudite person. Is there a way I can contact you?

I appreciate that. You can find me on Discord with the name AbuSnood#6321

Thanks, I sent you a friend request on Discord!
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