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And a simple Google search would have revealed 1.8 million Palestinians live comfortably in Israel; Either never having left, or returned there after the many wars since the late 40s. The situation looks very similar to me. So why such a penchant for firing rockets, and trying to kill, inhabitants of their former lands ? Maybe they are being used as cannon fodder for other parties out to destroy Israel, and some in the West make it easy by constantly trying to deny Israel's right to protect itself.

I was ridiculing your views and agreeing with them simultaneously. Why do you think an idiot like Netanyahu gets elected and re-elected ? Why do you think the Israelis want strong immoral leaders ? Why do you think such a little country has the largest arsenal, including nuclear, in that part of the world ? Could it be because the day after the country was born, they were attacked by their Arab neighbors ? Could it be because they have been attacked more times in the last 80 years, by neighbor states and proxy groups funded by those states than any other country in the l;ast 500 years ? Could it be because the people Israel was created for, have been distrusted, hated and exterminated throughout history ? Do you think maybe the Israelis are tired of living in constant fear ? And maybe expecting the dog that's been beat too much, to be the grown up in the room, is a step too big to take. I don't think you understand the point I'm trying to make. Look around. How many German, Polish, Ukrainian and Italian immigrants do you see? They all left everything behind to escape WW2 and it political and economic aftermath. They made good lives here and need no 'reconciliation'; but they did lose what they originally had, as they came here with nothing. Same with relatively wealthy Koreans and Vietnamese, when their feared their countries falling into Communism. And I know how many former Yugoslavians are in Italy trying to make a better life for themselves, and how many Syrians fled their war into Europe. There are many peoples displaced by war, who lost everything, yet they're not firing rockets at their former states, nor encouraging kids to strap on bomb vests. ( maybe they chose to be the adults in the room ? ) Do you understand it now or are you simply choosing not to, in order to cling to the deeply held ideology that Palestinians are justified in doing violence to Israelis/Jews ?

Nicely put, Zap. This will only stop when both sides decide there been enough bloodshed, and revenge isn't appetizing anymore.

Yeah ... 'living memory' is apparently the new goalpost. I wonder if you guys would give the same support to all the Germans who had to leave with the coming of Hitler to power and WW2? Or the Polish people who lost everything and were displaced by Germans in WW2. Or the Polish, Ukrainian and other Eastern Europeans that were displaced by the subseqient Soviet occupation. Or all the Koreans that were displaced by the Korean war and now own the convenience store on your streetcorner. Or all the Vietnamese people I know who abandoned everything and fled when Saigon fell. Or the former Yugoslavians who were ethnically cleansed and displaced in the separation wars of the early 90s. Or the Syrians who were forced out of their country by a brutal dictator with the help of the Russians. Maybe all these people should start firing rockets indiscriminately at their oppressor states, or strapping on bomb vests to detonate in night clubs, and rape, kill and kidnap people at music festivals where people weren't even born in 1988, never mind 1948. As I said; how far back do you go to justify violence ? As far as is convenient.; you just make up another word like 'living memory' to justify vilifying Israelis/Jews and keep posting pictures of little kids whose parents care more about revenge, and how soon they can be fitted with a bomb vest, a bomb vest, than their life and future. This has got to be the most novel solution to a conflict I've heard. @TheVat suggests " Stop the endless cycles of reprisal and repression" So, allow the violence from one side, and stop the reprisals from the other. It seems you guys have picked one side while Joigus and I have picked the other.

Absolutely right. 2000 years ago my people owned all of Europe, from a wall in Scotland to the middle East. Then Germanic Vandals, Franks, Lombards, Normans and eventually even Muslims dispossessed my ancestral lands. I should have the right to fire rockets indiscriminately at Germany, France, Eastern Europe, Scandinavian countries and the Middle East. Maybe brainwash some young suicide bombers, and rape, kill and kidnap people at their music festivals. Just how far back do you go to justify violence ? I do, but committing violence is never a right. Self defense, however, is. Because if I ever punched anyone in the face, I fully expect them to break my arm to prevent me doing so again. Something Hamas, Hezbollah and even Iran ( as they furiously try to develop their own nukes ) should keep in mind.

Notice I asked 6 questions, none of which were answered. But I will answer yours. No, I don't support Zionism; I support the right of people to live without the fear of being attacked, and, if they are, the right to retaliate such that those attacks are no longer possible. Not a 'proportional response' ( whatever that means ), but the actual removal of the capability to attack in the first place. That is my opinion and what I practice in life, and why I have never physically attacked anybody in my life, as that is their right also. So I answered your question and told you where my opinion comes from; you answered none of my questions, and told me to shove my opinion. Well done; you must be proud of yourself. Really ? That is certainly true in Israel. Put a Jew, or Israeli, in Gaza. Put a Jew, or Israeli, in Iran. See how long they last.

Rationalize it any way you want. Israel doesn't have a documented policy of 'exterminating' their neighbors, although they could, as the only nuclear capable 'superpower' in the area. What about Hamas ? What about Hezbollah ? What about the former PLO ? What about Egypt at one time ? What about Iran ? What about Syria ? Just how many do you want me to list before you open your eyes and realize that you guys are the enablers that the actual terrorists ( which I attemped to list, but there are too many ) play, to gain sympathy for their cause and 'punish' Israel, and Jews, worldwide. I hear plenty of condemnations from you guys. Either they are overreacting, being too over-reaching in their retaliatory attacks and killing too many civilians, or they are cowardly terrorists who strike with surgical attacks to kill actual terrorists using outdated 20 year old technology. I have yet to hear a single suggestion on how to acheive peace so that both sides don't have to worry about attacks. Maybe you think Jews should just disappear off the face of the Earth and that would solve the problem. Another guy with a weird mustache thought the same way about 85 years ago.

So, you can't specifically target the "bad guys' as that is cowardly, and you can't have collateral damage as that is cruel. Doesn't give many alternative choices other than 'shut up and take it'. not a good time to be an Israeli. See what I mean ? '

Jow do you know which is which ?

Windows will have a driver for it. The fact that it's not even detected means Windows doesn't load it into device manager and load a driver for generic SD cards. Older systems, using a BIOS, might not have the SD card slot enabled, or in the boot sequence. Enter your BIOS ( there should be a message on how at the bottom of your boot screen ) and look for any entries relating to SD card to enable it.

No Government would be ideal. If people were considerate, compassionate, productive, and got along. Unfortunately we are not 'grown up' enough nad need a 'mother' to ntell us how to get along and take care of us.

My ( limited ) understanding is that it doesn't so much bring a processing speed increase, but dramatically increases the amount of data that can be processed simultaneously. Which then would certainly increase the processing speed for very large data sets.

While Gravitation by M T W is certainly excellent, any introductory Topology textbook would also be helpful. Topology is not something I'm strong in, but I do have a few books. Unfortunately, I'm currently at work, and cannot recall titles.

Perhaps it's a little misleading, being in the Philosophy section, and the fact the thread title mentions 'people', but I believe the OP mentions Not People or humans, but life in general. What is the purpose of a single cell organism ? What is the purpose of a plant ? What is the purpose of an insect that fertilizes its mate, and is then eaten by that mate ? What is the purpose of the 'queen' in an ant or bee colony ? Maybe humans, as a thinking ( sometimes ) species, have evolved past that.

Yes. A .22 pistol round from 50 yards away will not damage the aluminum alloy or composite fibre/resin skin panels. But a 20 mm round from a GE/GD M61 will go through composite, aluminum, interior upholstery, people, and come out the other side. And the 30 mm GE GAT-8/a, firing depleted Uranium rounds, will penetrate tank armor, and probably blow off part of the plane's fuselage. All depends on the kinetic energy of the bullet you're trying to stop.

And with regards to women, it's probably the mess he, and his appointees to the Supreme Court, have made of the abortion issue. Not to mention his disrespect for women, in general, sometimes actually criminal.

I hope people don't start thinking this election is 'in the bag' for K Harris. All available voters still need to get out to vote this November, to keep this idiot out of the White House, and out of politics. Then again, Germany bowed to uninformed 'populist' pressure, and decided to label natural gas a 'green renewable' energy, so as to be able to drop support for nuclear. Labels don't change greenhouse gas emissions.

Not just pets .. Crime rates in 168 countries have decreased since they started shipping their criminals to the US. Maybe the miserable SoB should have cracked a smile every so often; might have made him seem a little more believable. K Harris' smile displays her confidence, and is quite fetching when she smiles ... for a woman about to turn 60. ( I hope after this election we never see anyone close to 80 running again )

The way N Haley changed her views of D Trump ( and lost any integrity she may have had ) makes her Republican Vice-Presidential material ( emulating J D V ). Everybody's trying to save their political ass.

If 'weak uncourageous' Republicans don't vote in November, that's still a slap in the face and a worse outcome for D Trump. The ex-President is now threatening to go after supporters and donors to the Democratic campaign after he's elected, for trying to subvert the election. I guess that's not the same as using campaign financing to pay off porn stars who may disclose information that damages your campaign. Thank goodness American judges can be 'bought'.

Even if FtL travel becomes possible at some future point, maybe the 'cost and effort factor' term should be added to the Fermi Paradox.

Her Father Dick, too. It seems his former boss, G W Bush, is not endorsing D Trump either. And in the two previous elections, did not vote for either candidate, going so far as writing in Condoleeza Rice in the last election. George W. Bush will not make a presidential endorsement (axios.com)

The 'multiverse' is not mainstream science; it is a Marvel Cinematic Universe concept. H Everett's Many Worlds Interpretation is nor mainstream science either; it is an interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Whereas the Copenhagen Interpretation asserts that wave function collapse leads to only one of differing realities of varying probabilities, and the cat has different probabilities of being alive or dead ( in the box with the radioactive trigger to release the Cyanide ), the Many Worlds asserts that wave function collapse leads to two distinct objective realities, one in which the cat is alive, and the other with a dead cat. Interpret it any way you want; only the math is real.

I imagine L Smolin and C Rovelli are a lot more disappointed than any of us.

He's right; an AI is targeting him specifically. I wouldn't be surprised if the next step is for SKYNET to send Terminators back through time to assassinate him. He must be the future leader in our fight against the machines. ( J Cameron couldn't make this stuff up 😄 )