Well I would say Israeli’s born in the West Bank or Gaza or anywhere have a right to be there- the baby and children didn’t choose where they were born. How are they legitimately justly to be removed. I don’t know how anyone can work around that. Maybe the parents should lose their property rights if the land was stolen. My parents are s…
Well I would say Israeli’s born in the West Bank or Gaza or anywhere have a right to be there- the baby and children didn’t choose where they were born. How are they legitimately justly to be removed. I don’t know how anyone can work around that. Maybe the parents should lose their property rights if the land was stolen. My parents are settlers in Canada- I’m born in Canada- where do I have rights? Nobody absolves Russia and China of their crimes in western media academia government etc… and unfortunately we continue to do business with them. Because of all that official and institutional support for Israel it does warrant more attention from citizens and activists- it’s a tax deductible colonial project- you can take leave and serve in the IDF and return to your job in the US. As for UN resolutions- I don’t know- what do they mean? Security council vetoes insures they mean nothing if it goes against the official policy of a member.
You actually hit the nail on the head—this is the core of the problem: how to deal with consequences people are born into, without personal responsibility. My nihilistic take would be: “Probability is a bitch.” Which is true—but not helpful.
The issue is that our moral compass tends to operate in the world of abstract principles—Plato’s realm of ideal forms. That’s where we create these perfect, clean rules that work great in black-and-white scenarios. But reality isn’t black and white—it’s a thousand shades of gray, and worse, everyone sees a different shade.
That’s why I personally steer away from moral universalism and lean toward utilitarianism. It forces me to deal with the real, messy, imperfect world—not the curated world of ideas. It’s less elegant, but at least it’s grounded.
Black and white represent binary logic—true/false, 0/1. When I say “shades of gray,” I’m referring to a spectrum between those absolutes. It’s not about visual aesthetics or mood; it’s about recognizing nuance and complexity in systems that aren’t purely binary. Most real-world situations—especially in history, ethics, and human behavior—exist somewhere between 0 and 1.
Well I would say Israeli’s born in the West Bank or Gaza or anywhere have a right to be there- the baby and children didn’t choose where they were born. How are they legitimately justly to be removed. I don’t know how anyone can work around that. Maybe the parents should lose their property rights if the land was stolen. My parents are settlers in Canada- I’m born in Canada- where do I have rights? Nobody absolves Russia and China of their crimes in western media academia government etc… and unfortunately we continue to do business with them. Because of all that official and institutional support for Israel it does warrant more attention from citizens and activists- it’s a tax deductible colonial project- you can take leave and serve in the IDF and return to your job in the US. As for UN resolutions- I don’t know- what do they mean? Security council vetoes insures they mean nothing if it goes against the official policy of a member.
We are all indigenous to the earth and have to learn to share. Jews suck at sharing, obs. Because Judaism is a vile form of ethnic supremacy, obs.
You actually hit the nail on the head—this is the core of the problem: how to deal with consequences people are born into, without personal responsibility. My nihilistic take would be: “Probability is a bitch.” Which is true—but not helpful.
The issue is that our moral compass tends to operate in the world of abstract principles—Plato’s realm of ideal forms. That’s where we create these perfect, clean rules that work great in black-and-white scenarios. But reality isn’t black and white—it’s a thousand shades of gray, and worse, everyone sees a different shade.
That’s why I personally steer away from moral universalism and lean toward utilitarianism. It forces me to deal with the real, messy, imperfect world—not the curated world of ideas. It’s less elegant, but at least it’s grounded.
Fuck the shades of grey crap. The world is full of colors, dummy. Do you only dream in black and white and grey. How depressing.
Black and white represent binary logic—true/false, 0/1. When I say “shades of gray,” I’m referring to a spectrum between those absolutes. It’s not about visual aesthetics or mood; it’s about recognizing nuance and complexity in systems that aren’t purely binary. Most real-world situations—especially in history, ethics, and human behavior—exist somewhere between 0 and 1.