Look, I can see that position as arguable. I don't agree, but there's at least half a leg to stand on. But even IF I grant for the sake of argument that everyone who isn't a descendant of residents who were present at the Ottoman census are occupiers or whatever, that STILL would not justify terrorism against civilians.

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What, time travel?

That user believes all of Israel is “occupied land” that must be “liberated”, and that all Israelis are “colonizers”. In other words, that user does not view them as civilians, but as legitimate targets.

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But what if we make him a gun that shoots sickles?

In a real politick sense the Palestinian people in both the West Bank under the PA and the Gaza Strip under Hamas has constantly refused to acknowledge and deal with the fact that they have lost multiple wars and uprisings against Israel . This has been happening since the 1940’s.

It’s sucks to be a defeated country and people but after agreeing to surrender terms and ceasing hostilities, it allows a country to rebuild and develop. The constant state a resistance has been dragged out for too long. Even other Arab countries are over it and establishing official bilateral relations with Israel.

The sad thing is that now a days the voting populace of Israel is just fed up with the supposed peace process. Specifically young voters are turning away from it and supporting far right politicians cause all they see from the Palestinians is constant rhetoric about destroying Israel.

It’s a sad state of affairs, that I honestly don’t see being resolved ever due to a variety of reasons.

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The grim reaper likes scythes though

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Maybe he will say “hey, that’s a cool gun!” And let you live another five minutes while you explain it to him.

Yes of course I have. There is obviously a huge debate as to exactly what each word means in a 18th century context as well as the intent of the amendment. The point you need to deal with is why it has been implemented the way it has for the entirety of the nation's existence. Feel free to advocate for a change to the amendment or a new one, but to try and say this one means something totally different is asinine

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Fucking car drivers always getting away killing people, especially cyclists.

Palestinian militants view all of Israel as “the occupation”. They believe all Israeli land is “occupied territory” that must be “liberated”. Do you understand this and not care, or do you not understand that their goal is not merely the “liberation” of the West Bank, but the destruction of Israel itself?

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Have you ever actually read it?

> A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state...

I guess you never read it.

The entire rail industry is run this way, it’s not a state specific thing. Do people think the Ohio government runs the trains or something? The feds regulate rail, the standards that were in place here are the same standards in place for the lines in your city.

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Are you serious? It has nothing to do with the integrity of the state. If the founders gave a shit about that we would all be eating tea and crumpets right now. The entire point of the constitution is to limit the states power over the individual. Our education system has completely failed you

Unfortunately I can't blame the parents for going along with this. If you and your children are in Russian custody, what else would you do? It's not like the Russians are above straight up kidnapping or even killing the kids. Even if they were the staunchest anti Russians, I doubt they had a choice here. There's a reason Russia is using kids and not adults for these displays. Easy to threaten both, whereas a captured adult might still go rogue. Confused and terrified kids aren't likely to, and their parents will be too concerned for the safety of their babies to risk anything either. Any parent would.

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