In a misery of their own crisis people seek an uniting cause to fight for. A rally point. A mutual enemy. If none's at hand they forge one. They throw stones in all their righteousness. Reason, empathy is put away.
@Partisangirl@augan56@historyinmemes It's an internal matter of each individual, no country, no nation, no leader, no religion should have a say in that.
We're not in the middle ages anymore, you know. Or perhaps you still are...
@noeuro2@LiaQuartapelle You're a smart cow for learning how to type and post on Twitter.
Sadly the rest of you obviously remains still just a simple, dumb cow and a herd animal.
@CindyBW@umr_co@UN@WFP@UNRWA Just because you don't understand how something happened doesn't make it a miracle.
In the past people believed lightnings were a miracle. Now we know they're electricity.
People hear voices in their heads all the time. The human brain is a complex and complicated organ.
@Al__Quraan Someone wrote a fairy tale and half of the world is killing each other because of it.
One of the shittiest books to ever exist. Next to Bible.
@QudsNen The West doesn't take men - often until their 30s or so :D - as adults.
In middle-east fathers are growing their boys into soldiers from their very childhood.
12-year-olds are encouraged to engage in hostilities and animosities. Compassion and empathy are considered a weakness.
@QudsNen Boys of younger age have committed atrocities around the world and have been used by dictators as child combatants.
Typically forming the most vile, lawless, and ruthless units.
That's the sad truth about young men. At this age they can be the same military threat as grown-ups.
@AssalRad ๐ฎ๐ฑ - Hostages => children and elderly
๐ต๐ธ - Prisoners => mostly young men fit for military (or terroris...) service
As a boy, once you turn 16, no matter where, you're likely to be considered a threat and a valid military target. Especially in the hatred-filled middle east.
@soundofthegavel@jindra_cadik@StephenKotkin@JayinKyiv Not true. Not based on evidence or data. Or show them.
The West's strength lies in its work culture (coming all the way back from ora et labora), valuing individuals and their contributions, higher-value-added economy, education, and knowledge work.
@Joyce19541982@POTUS If you can't change religions... let's banish them.
It's 21st century. There's no excuse for believing in silly fairy tales. Religions are one of the major sources of evil and hatred. Much more than they are a source of good.
@umr_co@CindyBW@UN@WFP@UNRWA The city has emotional value to many people around the world. Hold it dear. Say you love it. Say it's your home. That's all ok. And that's strong and good enough.
Someone else can say exactly that about any other city or place. And it will be equally valid.
@CindyBW@umr_co@UN@WFP@UNRWA And all those shrines where people cry and pray. For what? Thin air? It's just some error in our brain that we gotta believe in some absurd arcane entity. That we make up things, fabricate stories, whenever we can't understand or comprehend something.
@CindyBW@umr_co@UN@WFP@UNRWA There is no God. It's all just fairy tales. There's no hell or heaven. You die, you're gone. Simple as that. That's what makes life so precious. You've got only a certain amount of time to do something good. Here. Now. On Earth.
@CindyBW@umr_co@UN@WFP@UNRWA Jerusalem should've been raized to the ground centuries ago.
World would've been a much better place without that place of icons of irrationality and mutual hatred.
@Anoss_06@AirCanada Quite a plethora of inventions. Chemistry, agriculture, physics, genetics, medical applications, IT, aerospace.
They irrigated the desert and turned it into a wealthy country.
Several Nobel prize winners.
Palestine had also one, poor Yasser.
@hankinthoughts@visegrad24 You guess what. Hitler was also elected. But it's kinda obvious Hamas are not the ones to uphold freedom and democratic values, human rights, wellbeing or anything remotely good.