Paying taxes to fund the bombs that kill you:

Education, so, no.

Harris doing a bOtH SiDEs

All Headline Lives Matter

I agree it was taken out of context. But, I disagree with the interpretation of “Russian interest level” propaganda. Unless the civil servants who wrote the letter to the Hague work for Russia. Purely speculative, but I don’t think it would be in Russia’s interests to stop the genocide in Gaza, it is clearly hurting the reputation of America and the West.

Negation and Plato’s Beard

Praise Bob!

Sorry, it was supposed to be funny. Here is an archived link to the article. I agree, it is misleading. But the letter to the Hague contains a paraphrased statement that conveys the sentiment in the leaked memo.

I translated the NRC article. I could not find the quote. It seems to be a paraphrased quote from the contents of the leaked memo from the civil servants that wrote the letter to The Hague.

Google-Fu is an art. It’s in an anonymous letter a group of civil servants from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote to the Court of Appeal in The Hague:

“A request from the Ministry of General Affairs to the Legal Affairs Directorate at Foreign Affairs reads as follows,” NRC quoted from the officials’ letter: “What can we say so that it appears that Israel is not committing war crimes?” nltimes.nl

“A request from the Ministry of General Affairs to the Legal Affairs Directorate at Foreign Affairs reads as follows,” NRC quoted from the officials’ letter: “What can we say so that it appears that Israel is not committing war crimes?” nltimes.nl

Sorry

To Become NATO Chief, Mark Rutte Denied Israeli War Crimes

The outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte asked the country's legal affairs ministry: "What can we say to make it look like Israel is not committing war crimes?"

The revelations have only recently come to light and were reported by NRC, the newspaper of record in the Netherlands. source

The memo was first reported by the NRC newspaper in the Netherlands.

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was “well timed” in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation. For years now I have heard the word “Wait!” It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This “Wait” has almost always meant “Never.” We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that “justice too long delayed is justice denied.”

I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection. source

Liberalism developed in hypocrisy. All men are equal while owning slaves. Inalienable individual rights while a third of the population lives in poverty and squalor. Speaking of peace and nonviolence while participating in war and colonialism. Saying one thing while doing another.

Destruction of cultural heritage during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

This belongs in c/maybemaybemaybe

I’ll never shame someone for enjoying themself. Chat, is this good form?