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  1. luftmensch liked Smurfquake's post in the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    I'm having one of these weird surreal breaks with reality. Who's winning the war? How is that measured and how can you tell? This is...

    Dec 7, 2023 at 12:31 AM

  2. luftmensch replied to the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    Make sure your enemy is soundly defeated by any means necessary, with the priority being the safety of your own people. Now I’m not...

    Dec 6, 2023 at 11:37 PM

  3. luftmensch liked stanger's post in the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    I think Hamas started a war on 10/7. This is what war is.

    Dec 6, 2023 at 11:32 PM

  4. luftmensch replied to the thread You've got old people...we all have old people: Dealing with our Parents..

    Before we went to town on my dad’s place the only floor you could see was in the narrow corridors he kept clear between the parts of his...

    Dec 6, 2023 at 11:27 PM

  5. luftmensch liked soccernutter's post in the thread You've got old people...we all have old people: Dealing with our Parents..

    I should note that both my parents are pre-boomer, but they are both low key hoarders. At least dad has a train model collection that...

    Dec 6, 2023 at 11:21 PM

  6. luftmensch liked Chesco United's post in the thread You've got old people...we all have old people: Dealing with our Parents..

    You're probably more sorry than I. She had frontotemporal dementia. She wasn't a particularly pleasant person before that.

    Dec 6, 2023 at 11:20 PM

  7. luftmensch liked dark knight's post in the thread You've got old people...we all have old people: Dealing with our Parents..

    Boomer parents: 'One day, this will all be yours.' Grown children: 'Noooo!' - CSMonitor.com

    Dec 6, 2023 at 11:20 PM

  8. luftmensch liked Scissorkick Collins's post in the thread The Distract me from 2020s P&CE Thread Part Deux.

    A few decades ago I was acquainted with a young woman named Jenna Tolls. WTF were her parents thinking?

    Dec 6, 2023 at 9:26 PM

  9. luftmensch liked Cascarino's Pizzeria's post in the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    Bibi gets earful from freed hostages & their families. Is still a dick to them. A former captive from Kibbutz Nir Oz, who was recently...

    Dec 6, 2023 at 9:07 PM

  10. luftmensch liked stanger's post in the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    You think they are bombing “indiscriminately”? Just for the fun of it, eh? Maybe even TRYING to kill little babies? That’s what you...

    Dec 6, 2023 at 6:48 PM

  11. luftmensch replied to the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    I was responding to the idea that Hamas’ brutal tactics were a result of their lack of means. It had nothing to do with posters on this...

    Dec 6, 2023 at 6:47 PM

  12. luftmensch replied to the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    Say what now?

    Dec 6, 2023 at 6:38 PM

  13. luftmensch liked yasik19's post in the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    I know you've brought up this point in the past, but I just think this is an oversimplification. Yes, they don't have a mechanized...

    Dec 6, 2023 at 6:11 PM

  14. luftmensch replied to the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    Look at it this way, if Hamas had the ability to bomb Israel to smithereens from the air they absolutely would. But if Israeli soldiers...

    Dec 6, 2023 at 6:11 PM

  15. luftmensch replied to the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    I’m inclined to agree at this point. I’ve been primarily identifying with Israel as the original victims of the attack, but even looking...

    Dec 6, 2023 at 5:52 PM

  16. luftmensch replied to the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    Yeah I guess in that situation gang rape and baby killing is about all you have left.

    Dec 6, 2023 at 5:20 PM

  17. luftmensch replied to the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    That is true, but I’ll bet if you ask both Hamas and Israel whether the attacks were acts of war, they’ll say they were. But...

    Dec 6, 2023 at 5:15 PM

  18. luftmensch replied to the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    For most of human history that’s EXACTLY what war was, or at least included; the “war crimes” distinction is a relatively recent...

    Dec 6, 2023 at 4:54 PM

  19. luftmensch liked Smurfquake's post in the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    Hamas only does what it does because they know Israel will overreact and kill a bunch of Palestinian kids. They then use those dead...

    Dec 6, 2023 at 4:47 PM

  20. luftmensch liked TyffaneeSue's post in the thread Hamas Attacks, Israel Responds.

    I am gutted by what's happening to the people of Gaza. You'd have to be less than human not to be moved by that misery. However, I'm...

    Dec 6, 2023 at 4:46 PM
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