why the Israel ICJ case frustrates me
@gavi
"Clear as day"? Are you aware that this man's life has been scrutnized down to the small change for the last twenty years by his haters, and they only managed to get him on trial by inventing a new law and terrorizing a key witness? "I feel" he wouldn't be able to commit an actual crime without it immediately becoming an unstoppable scandal. Are you saying you have access to better news sources than those Israelis have?
"Clear as day"? Are you aware that this man's life has been scrutnized down to the small change for the last twenty years by his haters, and they only managed to get him on trial by inventing a new law and terrorizing a key witness? "I feel" he wouldn't be able to commit an actual crime without it immediately becoming an unstoppable scandal. Are you saying you have access to better news sources than those Israelis have?
This well-educated bloke is telling us how distrust of institutions is disastrous and will be the unmaking of society. Well, how about those same institutions stop betraying our trust for, like, ten years, or something, and then we'll reconsider?
Not far are the times when posting your community updates to siloed social networks will be akin to having them on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard".
At a certain speed and sunlight angle, the clouds become visibly three-dimensional. Can't see that unless you're flying.
I find that i'm much less disoriented by being in a German-speaking country than i expected to be, and much less than i'm disoriented by dealing with, you know, Germans.
@julieofthespirits I don't know, i'm kind of happy to use a document processor which doesn't upload everything i type to "the cloud" to sell back to me as part of a bullshit generator suite, or an image editor which doesn't drain the colors from my images if i miss a payment on a subscription.
re: Long thread/5
@pluralistic Hold on... Are you actually *endorsing* the application of double standards when the discourse involves Israel? Because that's one of the key demands in the linked paper! It boggles my mind that supposed intellectuals, like the authors of this paper, would defend and promote logical fallacies for any reason. Once you give up intellectual honesty for a "just cause", you are on well your way to lose sight of your cause, or what is just, to begin with.
@alter_kaker What bothers me more is the overabundance of:
* Double standards;
* Ignorance of history; and
* Logical fallacies
In the discourse. And what's most frustrating to me, is that most of those "legitimate criticizers" fall back into full "You Are Bad People" mode the moment you point any of those out.
* Double standards;
* Ignorance of history; and
* Logical fallacies
In the discourse. And what's most frustrating to me, is that most of those "legitimate criticizers" fall back into full "You Are Bad People" mode the moment you point any of those out.
@mytwobits01
That sounds a lot like something i would say; Does it stem from some of the stimuli from recent days, or is it entirely hypothetical?
That sounds a lot like something i would say; Does it stem from some of the stimuli from recent days, or is it entirely hypothetical?
Imagine feeling so threatened by your political rival that you end up inventing new laws just so you have something to accuse him of, and corrupting the entire judicial system just to get him on trial. Kafka got nothing on modern politics! He takes a nervous smoke in the corner while taking notes for a new novel.
Honestly, i could do without the daily reminders that there are people who would hate me for simply existing, if only they knew.
In our age of ubiquitous information, not understanding what's really going on is a conscious choice.
Found something resembling poetry from about twenty years ago in a folder on an old disk from four computers ago. Oh, hell no! Into "shred -zu" you go!
"The robber baron who robs you has been generating lots of profit recently. You should invest in them and get a share of the gains!"
A tower defense game, except you're not allowed to kill the invaders and you lose as soon as any of them passes through.