Israel slaughters more starving refugees
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where was I not being honest ?
I am no more interested in the deaths in Dafur (or any far flung war) than the average person. But what I am curious about is why does the media pick certain conflicts to focus on. If the likes of the BBC did not broadcast their biased content nearly continuously then the easily led like yourself would not become so obsessed - don't you see how you are being played?
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The BBC appear biased when they focus on a particular event that's newsworthy - or do you not agree the deliberate policy of witholding food aid to starving Palestinians is not a newsworthy event?
They appear biased to you as the Israeli propaganda circus has convinced you of their 'right to defend themselves' while you conveniently forget Palestine, by that logic, also has the right.
I know. What you want to do is stifle talk about atrocities committed by the people you support.
It's in the instruction book.
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Rather than simply accusing people of believing what you consider as propaganda and lecturing them that they are wrong, do you think that you could find it in your spaced out head a way of putting your views forward as an argument instead?
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I don't support Israel - i am no more interested in the gaza conflict than the average man in the street is interested in the Darfur conflict or the Yemen crisis - it's all awful and sad to hear, but these countries seem to have been killing each other on mass in horrible ways for about ever.
I am far more curious into how the media can manipulate such large numbers of our country into thinking and behaving in a way they want you to - this I find quite disturbing.
if the media had focussed as heavily on Darfur as it has on Gaza - then folk would be going on Darfur protest marches and probably would not be able to find gaza on a map
don't you see how you are being played, a very small pawn in someone else’s game.
I am far more curious into how the media can manipulate such large numbers of our country into thinking and behaving in a way they want you to - this I find quite disturbing.
if the media had focussed as heavily on Darfur as it has on Gaza - then folk would be going on Darfur protest marches and probably would not be able to find gaza on a map
don't you see how you are being played, a very small pawn in someone else’s game.
Your posts show otherwise.
It is a good question. There are probably several factors. I have tried to Google a good answer on several occasions over the past two years. Two factors often get mentioned. There is something visceral about a siege. The idea of people having no escape. Think about the coverage of the siege of Sarajevo. And also a huge disparity in military strength. You have unarmed civilians being bombed by the world's most high tech military and their country being razed to the ground. Then you add in the historic fascination with this whole conflict and the religious importance of the area.
You've already told us you don't care.
You only interest is trying to divert attention from Israel's racist genocide.
A bunch of heavily armed Israeli gunmen in uniform forced their way into a Palestinian family home. While holding the rest of the family at gunpoint, they used their attack dog to savage a mentally handicapped disabled man as he sat on the sofa.
They did not allow the family to help him.
They then forced the family out of the house and ordered them not to return.
They left the disabled man to die.
Highwayman insists that Israeli soldiers are decent chaps.
It can be asserted we, the masses, are being played by much more than the media. And remember, with media, you can at least attempt to get your news from a variety of outlets
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Dogs are used by the British army in this way too John. I worked with dog handlers in Afghanistan, I can tell you now that the locals feared the dogs more than us, the dogs are specifically trained to do this work and are highly regarded soldiers in their own right. This is nothing new and dogs are deployed the world over. The problem with the dogs is that once they do their job they are difficult to control even for their handlers to get them off their victims often leaving severe wounds and in places such as Gaza infections will set in if untreated.
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a bit out of date now, but could this man have a point
I doubt that those well meaning left wing activists taking to the streets and posting on social media have this hatred - but they are ultimately being played by those who do
as he points out, Arab killing Arabs by the million and no one seems to care
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