▲ 243 ▼ Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in surprise encounter with Israeli forces (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 121 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] drmoose@lemmy.world -12 points 2 years ago (1 child) This sound like survivorship bias. We got rid of plenty of terrorists with violence you just don't know about them because they're gone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well yes, the only way to erase a nation or culture's hatred of your violence is with enough violence to literally genocide them. But there really aren't that many. You just put it down for a generation until it comes back, usually with a different name. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com -1 points 2 years ago Killing terrorists isn't genocide. Plenty of violent groups have been stopped by arresting or killing their members. That doesn't mean their race, culture, or nation was destroyed though. The only "culture" that distinguishes them from those around them is a philosophy predicated on killing as many civilians as possible. Often people within their own culture stop them with violence since they often target their own. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well yes, the only way to erase a nation or culture's hatred of your violence is with enough violence to literally genocide them. But there really aren't that many. You just put it down for a generation until it comes back, usually with a different name. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com -1 points 2 years ago Killing terrorists isn't genocide. Plenty of violent groups have been stopped by arresting or killing their members. That doesn't mean their race, culture, or nation was destroyed though. The only "culture" that distinguishes them from those around them is a philosophy predicated on killing as many civilians as possible. Often people within their own culture stop them with violence since they often target their own. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com -1 points 2 years ago Killing terrorists isn't genocide. Plenty of violent groups have been stopped by arresting or killing their members. That doesn't mean their race, culture, or nation was destroyed though. The only "culture" that distinguishes them from those around them is a philosophy predicated on killing as many civilians as possible. Often people within their own culture stop them with violence since they often target their own. permalink fedilink source parent