No. Sorry. They are not “collateral damage” they are human beings who happen to have been born there and live there and most of those human beings are stuck there. Have some compassion, they are Palestinians not buildings or roads or things, they are human beings and so are the hostages whose lives you may also be destroying. They aren’t “collateral damage” either.
“Netanyahu Calls Palestinians ‘Collateral Damage’ As Israel Destroys Gaza”
https://t.co/oUrUOofXZ9
Our leaders must call for immediate ceasefire & deescalation; demand protection of all civilians, secure the release of hostages; & tell the Israeli govt to turn on electricity in Gaza & allow humanitarian aid for Palestinians to enter!
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In war, civilians always pay the highest price. As the conflict in #Israel and #Palestine grows, lawmakers must press for de-escalation and restraint. https://t.co/5FGCbjTT8Y
An 800-year-old Stave Church in Borgund, Norway, stands as a testament to the transition from the Viking Age, which spanned from around A.D. 790 until the Norman conquest of England in A.D. 1066, to the arrival of Christianity in Norway around A.D. 1000. The rapid spread of Christianity in Norway led to the construction of numerous wooden churches throughout the country, showcasing the Vikings' proficiency in timber craftsmanship, as evidenced by their iconic long ships.
Even today, wood remains the favored building material for Norwegian homes. While wooden churches once dotted northwestern Europe, Norway's unique wooden "stave churches" are the sole survivors. These stave churches, often towering at 85 feet, are constructed entirely from wood without the use of a single nail. At their peak, Norway boasted potentially over a thousand stave churches, with some estimates reaching as high as 2,000.
Regrettably, many of these churches likely vanished during the bubonic plague's devastating impact on Norway's population. Introduced in 1349 by a ship near Bergen, the "Black Death" is believed to have claimed the lives of as much as two-thirds of Norwegians, and it took until the 1600s for the population to recover to its pre-plague levels. During the 1400s and 1500s, no new Norwegian churches were constructed.
Today, only 29 stave churches remain in Norway, with about half still in use for parish worship, while the others serve as museums, occasionally hosting weddings and christenings. They stand as remarkable relics of a bygone era.
Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo:
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
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Actually between 2000 and 2013, only 28% of mass shootings were stopped by armed police. 3% were stopped by armed citizens while 13% were actually stopped by unarmed citizens. https://t.co/4bs0viVjyP