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minus-squaremellowheat@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down37·edit-22 years agoPerhaps you cannot. Amnesty International thinks Hamas uses children as soldiers: https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/mde150352004en.pdf Given their religion (dying in holy war is considered a net positive for the individual) and demographics (half of the people are underage), it makes sense if they did.
minus-squareINHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down3·2 years agoWhat a leap of faith #justaskingquestions guesture towards a conclusion during a time where there is really no way to know. Curb your bias.
minus-squaremellowheat@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down16·2 years agoShouldn’t people stop posting those death figures, then?
minus-squareINHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoWhy should they stop?
minus-squaremellowheat@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down11·2 years agoI thought you suggested that those figures are not trustworthy here: there is really no way to know.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoI don’t think you can use a PDF from 2004 as evidence of anything Hamas is doing currently. They weren’t even voted in to power until 2007.
Perhaps you cannot. Amnesty International thinks Hamas uses children as soldiers: https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/mde150352004en.pdf
Given their religion (dying in holy war is considered a net positive for the individual) and demographics (half of the people are underage), it makes sense if they did.
What a leap of faith #justaskingquestions guesture towards a conclusion during a time where there is really no way to know.
Curb your bias.
Shouldn’t people stop posting those death figures, then?
Why should they stop?
I thought you suggested that those figures are not trustworthy here:
I don’t think you can use a PDF from 2004 as evidence of anything Hamas is doing currently. They weren’t even voted in to power until 2007.