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5 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

None of them were viewed with equivalency to previous protests at the time, its only after the Military Industrial Complex have paid their shareholders that its looked at differently in the rear view mirror of history.

Its the basic human instinct of empathy for fellow human beings. Like I said you are either for against mass murder.

We are analyzing all of that in hindsight. Once again, in hindsight, I do not see equivalence because the US was not attacked by Vietnam; the same way Russia wasn't attacked by Ukraine. You may not think the attack by Hamas and the Israeli response are proportional, but that's exactly the nuance I was referring to.

Regarding teenagers/young adults,

"In the last decade, a growing body of longitudinal neuroimaging research has demonstrated that adolescence is a period of continued brain growth and change, challenging longstanding assumptions that the brain was largely finished maturing by puberty [1–3]. The frontal lobes, home to key components of the neural circuitry underlying “executive functions” such as planning, working memory, and impulse control, are among the last areas of the brain to mature; they may not be fully developed until halfway through the third decade of life [2]."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892678/#:~:text=The frontal lobes%2C home to,decade of life [2].

"It doesn’t matter how smart teens are or how well they scored on the SAT or ACT. Good judgment isn’t something they can excel in, at least not yet. The rational part of a teen’s brain isn’t fully developed and won’t be until age 25 or so."
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=1&ContentID=3051

I was actually reading a book about how the brain works and it described experiments done in the past on people who lost their frontal lobes due to accidents etc. It is very interesting how they completely changed their personalities depending on how severe the loss was.

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[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

4 hours ago, robsblubot said:

We are analyzing all of that in hindsight. Once again, in hindsight, I do not see equivalence because the US was not attacked by Vietnam; the same way Russia wasn't attacked by Ukraine. You may not think the attack by Hamas and the Israeli response are proportional, but that's exactly the nuance I was referring to.

Regarding teenagers/young adults,

"In the last decade, a growing body of longitudinal neuroimaging research has demonstrated that adolescence is a period of continued brain growth and change, challenging longstanding assumptions that the brain was largely finished maturing by puberty [1–3]. The frontal lobes, home to key components of the neural circuitry underlying “executive functions” such as planning, working memory, and impulse control, are among the last areas of the brain to mature; they may not be fully developed until halfway through the third decade of life [2]."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892678/#:~:text=The frontal lobes%2C home to,decade of life [2].

"It doesn’t matter how smart teens are or how well they scored on the SAT or ACT. Good judgment isn’t something they can excel in, at least not yet. The rational part of a teen’s brain isn’t fully developed and won’t be until age 25 or so."
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=1&ContentID=3051

I was actually reading a book about how the brain works and it described experiments done in the past on people who lost their frontal lobes due to accidents etc. It is very interesting how they completely changed their personalities depending on how severe the loss was.

Yes I knew all that when I worked with young people as a career advisor. Females actually develop quicker. 

Bottom line these protesters, the global protests, of which the Universities are a very small part, will be proved to be on the side of right. The genocidal racists, and their complicit silent cheerleaders, the 'journalists' that never question their corporate editors, the apologists for an illegal occupation will hide, and those that have them, will have to live with their consciences

 

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2 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Yes I knew all that when I worked with young people as a career advisor. Females actually develop quicker. 

Bottom line these protesters, the global protests, of which the Universities are a very small part, will be proved to be on the side of right. The genocidal racists, and their complicit silent cheerleaders, the 'journalists' that never question their corporate editors, the apologists for an illegal occupation will hide, and those that have them, will have to live with their consciences

 

This war would have long finish if Hamas cared for their people. 

They see their people dying and yet they don't surrender....

 

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52 minutes ago, Fernando said:

This war would have long finish if Hamas cared for their people. 

They see their people dying and yet they don't surrender....

 

They, the Palestine leaders, and whoever supports them are the biggest oppressors in the region but it’s not fashionable to talk about them.

hamas knew exacrly what would happen after the attack. They were counting on it.

its funny because i’d describe the Palestine leaders who want the extinction of Israel and all its people very much textbook racist genocidal tyrants. 🤷‍♂️

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[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

2 hours ago, Fernando said:

This war would have long finish if Hamas cared for their people. 

They see their people dying and yet they don't surrender....

 

The Israelis would just carry on killing, they have said so. Would the jews surrender if they had 34 500 killed 73 000 wounded up to 120 000 buried under rubble... I think a war needs two armies. this is genocide.

96% of deaths before Oct 7th were Palestinians, mainly children

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Dont forget Netanyahu was supporting and encouraging people to finance Hamas to divide the Palestinians from the PA. 

Hamas are idiots, but Israel with the best security in the World took 8,13 and 20 hours to respond to the incursion points.

 

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Robert de Niro ''Trump does not have one redeeming feature''

 

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Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin orders nuclear weapons drills

 

Russia testing nuclear weapons in response to West possibly sending troops to Ukraine

Russia’s tactical nuclear weapon drills are a response to statements from the West about sending troops to Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Monday.

Reuters

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3 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

The Israelis would just carry on killing, they have said so. Would the jews surrender if they had 34 500 killed 73 000 wounded up to 120 000 buried under rubble... I think a war needs two armies. this is genocide.

96% of deaths before Oct 7th were Palestinians, mainly children

And yet Hamas is still fighting and has captive. 

Like I said this war would have long finish if Hamas cared for their people. 

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1 hour ago, Fernando said:

And yet Hamas is still fighting and has captive. 

Like I said this war would have long finish if Hamas cared for their people. 

Maybe -though Gantz has said the bombing will continue whether hostages are released or not. 

Israel has imprisoned 31 458 Palestinian children (Times of Israel) 880 since November. None are allowed to see their parents. Hostages also.

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4 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Maybe -though Gantz has said the bombing will continue whether hostages are released or not. 

Israel has imprisoned 31 458 Palestinian children (Times of Israel) 880 since November. None are allowed to see their parents. Hostages also.

Yes, people do stupid shit when they are attacked. Countries do stupid shit when they are attacked. Some countries do stupid shit even when not being attacked and they even make up a reason to attack someone.
Bottom line is don't attack anyone because you don't know how they will react; it may be unjustified in your view, but they may feel "justified" which will likely be enough to do [said stupid shit].

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On unrelated news from back home,
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/06/weather-tracker-torrential-rainstorms-cause-death-and-destruction-in-brazil

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2 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

Yes, people do stupid shit when they are attacked. Countries do stupid shit when they are attacked. Some countries do stupid shit even when not being attacked and they even make up a reason to attack someone.
Bottom line is don't attack anyone because you don't know how they will react; it may be unjustified in your view, but they may feel "justified" which will likely be enough to do [said stupid shit].

75 years of Occupation before Oct 7th millions displaced, tortured, imprisoned, maimed, killed, by the most hi tech weaponised sociopathic Israeli Attack Force, broken more UN resolutions than every other country put together, and protected by a compliant corporate media - yes that is a reason to do 'stupid shit'.

8 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

On unrelated news from back home,
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/06/weather-tracker-torrential-rainstorms-cause-death-and-destruction-in-brazil

My friend has been working in Brazil - educational outreach to some of the remotest parts. They were teaching the kids about the Giant Armadillo and other local wildlife, which wasnt mentioned in their curriculum. They were taught about lions, gorillas, elephants etc but not about the indigenous wildlife - as they had a US based curriculum.

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8 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

75 years of Occupation before Oct 7th millions displaced, tortured, imprisoned, maimed, killed, by the most hi tech weaponised sociopathic Israeli Attack Force, broken more UN resolutions than every other country put together, and protected by a compliant corporate media - yes that is a reason to do 'stupid shit'.

That's how you see the situation, I get that. I don't share your view, but in an exercise of empathy, I can see the how it may look from each side; hence why I think it's nuanced. Israel may also think "leave me the fuck alone" which has never really happened in 70+ years.
The point being, when you deal with different groups, countries, their world view matters even if you disagree/despise it. I personally see the world as a very unstable ecosystem.

8 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

My friend has been working in Brazil - educational outreach to some of the remotest parts. They were teaching the kids about the Giant Armadillo and other local wildlife, which wasnt mentioned in their curriculum. They were taught about lions, gorillas, elephants etc but not about the indigenous wildlife - as they had a US based curriculum.

yeah there no lions or elephants in Brazil. In the most populated areas of Brazil one can see a monkey at the zoo and that's about it. you really have to go to very remote areas to see any form of diverse wildlife: midwest (pantanal) or NW (amazon).

The city under water in the article is a 4-5m people region tho. Even the international airport is under water and shut down for the rest of the month. Only wildlife in the region is you drive south towards Uruguay and see capybaras all over.

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2 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

yeah there no lions or elephants in Brazil. In the most populated areas of Brazil one can see a monkey at the zoo and that's about it. you really have to go to very remote areas to see any form of diverse wildlife: midwest (pantanal) or NW (amazon).

Yeah they had a US based curriculum teaching them about wildlife in Africa ! Ignoring the diverse stuff right on their doorstep. Crazy. Now the local kids are aware of the wildlife in their locality, and more importantly are taking pride in it.

 

4 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

The city under water in the article is a 4-5m people region tho. Even the international airport is under water and shut down for the rest of the month.

Terrible - did you see the similar thing in Dubai ? It was their own fault as a result of cloud seeding

 

5 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

Only wildlife in the region is you drive south towards Uruguay and see capybaras all over.

Theyre incredible - Worlds biggest rodent I believe

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2 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Yeah they had a US based curriculum teaching them about wildlife in Africa ! Ignoring the diverse stuff right on their doorstep. Crazy. Now the local kids are aware of the wildlife in their locality, and more importantly are taking pride in it.

 

Terrible - did you see the similar thing in Dubai ? It was their own fault as a result of cloud seeding

 

Theyre incredible - Worlds biggest rodent I believe

Yeah saw that and the issue down in Porto Alegre is also man-made, more on the global scale. Southern Brazil was always the place where tropical and polar masses meet, but it's getting much worse with climate change. Meanwhile a historic draught in the Amazon forest https://eos.org/articles/almost-a-year-in-drought-in-the-amazon-is-far-from-over

Capybaras are amazing! and there are so many in the meadows there. On the other hand, it's interesting in the first hours or so, it takes several hours in a straight line to get to the Uruguayan border, so the danger there is falling asleep at the wheel.