Israel/Hamas War Superthread

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(04-07-2024, 04:02 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: It was all anecdotal.  It was nothing but personal testimony of what is claimed to have happened.  Personal accounts are the very definition of anecdotal evidence.

No. Personal testimony is not simply "the very definition of anecdotal," especially after it has been cross-checked and compiled by experts tasked by governments and NGOs to do that. That's just a poor understanding of how personal observations are determined to be credible and set to record. And you appear to be fine with accepting "personal testimony" about Hamas atrocities even before it is vetted.

Here is another quote from that article on child torture you dismissed without reading:  
 
"Almost all those using children as human shields and informants have remained unpunished and the soldiers convicted for having forced at gunpoint a nine-year-old child to search bags suspected of containing explosives only received a suspended sentence of three months and were demoted," it said.

 The aforementioned soldiers, given a light sentence for using a 9-year-old as a human shield, were convicted on evidence the Israeli court did not consider "anecdotal."  

(04-07-2024, 04:02 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: No.  I asked him if he thought the IDF was as bad an actor as Hamas.  His response was that they were worse as they commit more violence more frequently.  So, he thinks the IDF is worse than Hamas and that Israel has no right to exist as it has since it's reformation post WW2.  In his own words.

Again. No. You asked: "Do you think the IDF commits atrocities on par with those of Hamas and at the same, or greater, frequency?" (#175)

That looks like a question about quantity/number which can be answered by fact and historical data. So my response was: "If you mean war crimes and violations of IHL, then I'd say the record shows the IDF does so with greater frequency, with much greater destruction and loss of life. But when I've mentioned their sordid record in the past you've simply denied/ignored the facts or introduced a time limit. Do you mean just since last year or what?"  (#190)

And you've since shown no interest in verifying the answer. I didn't say Israel was "worse" than Hamas.

You just reworded my answer to fit your agenda--same as you did to Dino just before that. Your MO. 

I've already dealt with your re-wording of my "own words" on Israel's right to exist on the "Democrats Losing All Credibility" thread (#122). But here, as there, you continue to prefer your re-wording of my words.