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U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan

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350 points tepidandroid | 1 comments | 19 Sep 19 16:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.273s | source
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derpherpsson ◴[20 Sep 19 12:03 UTC] No.21025683[source]▶
Just keep bombing somewhat random people, year in and year out. Are we at the 2nd decade of this yet?

This way I promise no one will join the rebells. Why would anyone join the rebells just because their families are slaughtered? That's absurd.

(Irony.)

There comes a time when YOU would strap on a bomb belt. Just imagine that They killed half your family and then goes on telling you they will continue doing it...

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1. benjaminbrodie2 ◴[20 Sep 19 12:57 UTC] No.21026155[source]▶
> There comes a time when YOU would strap on a bomb belt. Just imagine that They killed half your family and then goes on telling you they will continue doing it...

I don't think this is quite enough to push people over the ledge. If what killed half my family is someone who does not try to justify his actions morally, someone who I can therefore morally compare to a tiger or bear, I wouldn't strap on a bomb belt. But if the killer tries to tell the world he's eradicating evil, and the world high five with them, ...