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on Thursday October 08 2015, @06:44PM
from the known-unknowns-of-collateral-damage dept.
from the known-unknowns-of-collateral-damage dept.
A Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) hospital was bombed by the US. Result, 12 dead staff members and 10 dead patients. The coordinates of the hospital had been communicated to the US forces before to avoid mistakes. The US admits the attack was a decision. MSF is now seeking an independent inquiry.
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Afghan Hospital Bombing: MSF Demands Investigation Under Geneva Conventions
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(Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Saturday October 10 2015, @12:44AM
I don't think you should feel ashamed.
Not to be unpleasant and hopefully not misunderstood either but to be thoughtprovoking and as an example: I think the Kunduz bombing is a war crime —we probably agree on that— (a new My Lai was my gut reaction) but I'm also far out somewhere on the (“alternative”) right (i.e. I consider nazis to be lefties, or more precisely a kind of socialists) and I dislike islam a lot —and we probably don't agree at all in any way about those things, maybe (impossible to tell really but anyway let's assume for the sake of the example).
The point would be that we're not the kind of community where everyone agrees, we're the kind of community where everyone can disagree or agree depending on the specific topic or detail (and we all sure do! :D ) and then in addition everyone can change their mind too, as often as anyone sees fit to. Maybe we can also realize that such is the case and accept the disagreements, see the value in it and possibly (independently) make, derive, or get something better from it.
There aren't many places like that left, not just on the internet but anywhere.
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