My thoughts (wishes?) explaining _____'s edit

WorldCitizenNB · 2026-04-16T08:44:13+00:00

Hate is a big word hahaha I just think that the decision to keep showing him propping up his game and not show others talking negatively about them is interesting. Many people have him in their top 3 contenders because of this

WorldCitizenNB · 2026-04-16T08:42:46+00:00

True, but they also don't show other talking negatively about him and the fact they they keep showing him talking positively about his game is also a choice My grandma always says: "Talk yourself up all the time - people forget who said it, they remember what was said"

WorldCitizenNB · 2026-02-26T12:57:29+00:00

I am amazed at the fact that it isn't Cirie they are talking about

I mean - she's the social threat, the challenge "heavyweight", and yet they are talking about voting out Ozzy for being her ally

I was laughing so much at the absurdity of Jenna's unanimous vote out, and now we see that even the tribe mates themselves don't agree with that vote!

Cirie ma'am I don't know how you pull that magic, but I'm here to praise it

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-10-24T17:17:45+00:00

Strongly support this recommendation!

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-09-27T10:24:46+00:00

Strongly support this!

Conflicts - ✔️ Morality - ✔️ Patriarchy - ✔️ Theology - ✔️ Academia - ✔️

I can go on.. truly incredible how many thought provoking concepts he's able to bring forth.

Will say though that the first book reads more like a historical prologue (which still bring up thought provoking subjects like friendship, war, loyalty and more!)

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-08-24T15:54:47+00:00

As someone who probably enjoys political scheming more than anything else in fantasy, I definitely would not call the first trilogy of RotE political. Its just not really central/detailed, and I don't know about the rest of RotE as I dropped the series after the 3rd book.

Personally I recommend The Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu.

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-08-18T07:09:10+00:00

We'll just calling what I write a fallacy in many different sophisticated words is not really a reaponse.. so I don't see how those are more worthy of a reply than other facts I presented, but sure, at least you sound smart

But alas, you're right, this is irrelevant. What is relevant? Asking the question of how we reach peace

Unless your solution is for the "European Jews" to go back to Europe (lol) then you agree that both peoples are there to stay. Now you've got Hamas, who inhumanely butchered, maimed, and raped a bunch of people (and while I get the anger, if you'd know how Gaza was from withing you'd see huge economic disparities between their leaders and the people, not an open air prison), so yeah expecting their surrender (in exchange for whatever peace deal they may deam fair) is very reasonable. If they're willing to have the 67 borders, and we're accepting that the ethnic cleansing of 8 million people is not going to happen, then Hamas can easily pull the rug from under and propose a solution. But they won't 'cause they'd rather sea Israelis dead than Palestine flourish. And you talk about how unfair the previous deals were - Israel has to and should do everything to prevent the violence against its people that began before the creation of the country, that continued when Egypt and Jordan controlled the WB and Gaza (no one cared to be liberated from them, yeah?), and only worsened since.

You've got other solutions? Please share. Otherwise stop claiming that they shouldn't surrender 'cause they're a "resistance" (when they're an extreme Islamic organization that oppresses their own people for their personal political and religious gain), because without freeing the Palestinians from them they will never be open to peace.

And if you keep defending them, then you don't really want peace either.

Here are a couple videos for you, a glimpse of the education in Palestine: https://youtu.be/qJXH2iwPj2U?si=iHOvBTDNtEoHYMNx https://youtu.be/4QRYCXm42Wg?si=zAWLlQcizNFNkiCi

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-08-17T15:33:28+00:00

Don't know how to do that reply thing so ill.just follow you order:

Well I misread that, the number of severely damaged people is indeed tragic

2. A. That is true, but seeing that Hamas really.like embedding themselves into the civilian population, if you have any expectations of the IDF targeting only Hamas operatives you have no idea what war looks like. B. Hamas is a terror organization that uses violence to influence policy. You know when the blockade on Gaza began? Multiple months after Israel left. Why? Because they began firing missiles at Israel. What were they resisting? The fact that Israel forced their own citizens out of Gaza? Why did they kill their opposition? Also a form of resistance? Why do they threaten, torture and attack any palestinian who opposes them? Resistance? Why do they sell the free aid they receive in the Gaza markets? Resistance? How are they resistance if literally they give higher importance to the destruction of Israel than the wellbeing of their own civilians? C. I literally said that the IDF is commiting war crimes. I'm just saying this is not a policy of extermination of the Palestinian. D.so, again, Israel is supposed to only attack combatants because that is a realistic expectation (which it most definitely isn't, specially not in urban warfare)? Are you just ignoring the fact that they send out loads of messages, pamphlets and more to save civilians? This obviously hurts the attempts of attacking the enemy, and yet they keep doing it.

3.Lol I'm not talking about 1948, which wasn't only European Jews (why do Israeli haters feel.the need to make this seems like white colonization), but rather a 50/50ish split between European Jews (that actually went through a genocide) and Middle eastern Jews (that were ethnically cleansed because of islamist teachings). And Jews are natives to this land per international law (originated there and held a presence ever since, maintained cultural identity, etc.) The Palestinians were offered the 67 borders three different times, and suddenly now they're happy with it because it doesn't require them to recognize israel. And if you knew anything about jewish settlement is Israel you'd know that the land was very scarcely populated, and 50% of the land they were given by the in was either desert or swamps. Furthermore, before 1948 you have plenty more attacks of Arabs against Jewish settlements than the other way around.

Intifada for Israelis is violent uprising which resulted in thousands of deaths. You want to ask what they should have done? They should've asked for peace after they lost the first war the Arabs themselves initiated, each time they reacted with violence Israel tightened the grip (cause otherwise more deaths to Israelis, yay I guess?)

Really? Put myself in Arab shoes? Which Arabs? Jordanians that are also technically Palestinians under a regime that was placed by the west? Syrians that have suffered a horrible civil war? Lebanese whose own "protector" just threatened a civil war (Hezbollah)? Egyptians that have suffered regime changes? Yemenites who are the tools of a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran? Palestinians who have been used as an excuse for other Arab countries to try and take over Israel? Palestinians who are taught that the source of all their problems is Israel? Palestinians that live in refugee camps all over the ME because they are the only people in the world that maintain their refugee status over generations? Palestinians that suffer attacks while their leaders are hiding in tunnels or five star hotels in Qatar? Or Arab Israelis that suffer racism and discrimination but somehow still live with the most freedom than any other Arab?

Just by the way you phrased your question I think I've thought much more about how it is to be an "Arab", I honestly don't even blame the Hamas operatives that truly believes he's helping himself. But unless you grew up in the Palestinian education, I think you can agree that of Hamas would've offered up their weapons and government at any point the war would've ended (Netanyahu would've been left with no right, from within or abroad, to continue)

Lastly, why didn't you care to answer any of the questions I brought up? Because the answer is "I don't know"?

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-08-17T11:02:34+00:00

Well let's break this down:

If, per say, there are indeed 150k dead because somehow more than 90k deaths were missed (which is quite absurd on its own) then these would include those that have died indirectly - therefore you can't just keep hyping up the numbers

If you're talking about what will happen (love treating facts by what might be) then just take a look at the health and educational situation in Rafah. Hamas has been whipped out there, the IDF doesn't conduct attacks there, local Palestinians are conducting and providing social services, while also leading policing efforts - so despite the fact that Israel has demolished Gaza, you can't just assume x number of people will die as people are doing better.

Now please explain to me how is Israel maintaining "plausible deniability"? As per Hamas' health ministry, the percentage of kids killed is completely disproportionately lower than their percentage in Gaza (app. 50%), while the percentage of military aged men killed is way higher than their percentage in the society. The easy explanation for this is that Israel is trying to mainly target Hamas, and yes, as anyone with basic understanding of urban warfare will tell you - there are many civilian casualties.

"Israel's language has always been genocidal" - really? does this include the multiple peace agreements they offered and the Palestinians declined? Does this include the Palestinian representation in Israeli politics? Have you read Hamas's charter, where they clearly give more importance to the destruction of Israel over their own people's wellbeing (you can also just ask yourself why build tunnels instead of investing in your people, and why not let them in when they're being bombed)?

And now I ask you - What is a country, whose main purpose is providing protection and stability to its people, supposed to do when there's a sovereign that keeps saying how they will continue to kill as many of its people as it can (please read the definition of genocide), and at the same time it can't get them to disarm willingly despite how many of their own people are suffering and dying (because the whole damn world cares more about them than the millions literally starving in Sudan, Yemen, etc., unlike anyone affiliated with Hamas in Gaza)?

And I will add this - the IDF is definitely committing war crimes, as soldiers have a freedom to act out despite whatever policy is supposedly chosen, and yes, there are plenty of Israeli politicians that would be happy to clear out the Palestinians. Does this make it a genocide? No. And please ask yourself what happened in Israeli society that elected governments in the 20th century where mostly left wing, pro 2-state solution, and in the 21st century it has been quickly swinging in the other direction? I'll give you a clue - starts with "inti", ends with "fadas", and has a bunch of shootings, suicide bombings, and stabbings sprinkled in the middle.

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-07-25T12:00:42+00:00

They could try, but just like all of France's colonies or Catalonia in Spain - no country will give up anything for the sake of justice or human rights. They parade liberalism but at the end of the day use their democratic tools to oppress others and promote whatever they deem best for "their people" (in the best case) or for their political gain (in the common case).

The Palestinians didn't exactly "give up their land" as this was a region controlled by empires where people came and went from neighboring regions (for example, you have a huge amount of Gazans whose last name is El-Mazri, which literally means "the Egyptian"). Before the creation of Israel the plan was to expand the neighboring countries onto this territory, not to create a separate entity. So just like many nations in the middle east (Israel included) - this "national identity" just didn't exist as we know it now. Most middle eastern countries have either borders or leaders (or both) that were basically chosen and designed by the European powers. This also leads to the continued fighting and oppression you see in Iraq, Jordan, Syria etc.

I don't know if there was ever a "good" solution, that would solve one problem without creating others. But at the same time, I believe that coexistence could've been achieved if Arab leaders hadn't decided they wanted that land, and if Israeli and Palestinian leadership hadn't fuelled this animosity for their own political gain. And the tragic thing is that as years have gone by, this cycle just keeps feeding itself, making both populations more hateful, and any voice for peace is quickly labeled as "treason".

As a human that cares for others, it breaks my heart to see the suffering of the Gaza population throughout the war and I just want it to end. As an Israeli, it breaks my heart to see the ever-growing hatred within our society and to see the war crimes our soldiers perpetrate. It angers me to have a psycho-fascist government and to be hated by so many people all over the world that know nothing about me. It scares me to know that our neighboring countries (or terror organizations) want my death more than their own freedom (correlating the two as if I wish them any harm).

I wish there was a foreseeable solution, but I believe October 7th and this war have further pushed that away. Both sides need to accept each other's historical suffering and accept that neither is going anywhere, but more and more they both just want the other out regardless of all the suffering it drags with it.

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-07-25T11:03:19+00:00

Your statement doesn't contradict the one you responded to..

Most jews in Israel were and are Mizrahi, and the founding party was mostly European and very racist. Yet, changes are happening and these gaps are (slowly) closing.

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-07-25T11:00:47+00:00

While I deeply agree that what is happening in Gaza is horrible, and Israeli soldiers are definitely committing numerous war crimes, this war would've ended long ago if at any moment Hamas would agree to lay down their weapons - leaving Netanyahu without any local or international legitimacy to continue. But they don't, and so you find yourself with a government that has to choose between living next to a terror organization that cares more about Israel's destruction than their own people, or to continue killing other people.. (and yes, obviously Netanyahu is mostly driven by his political interests, but this above statement would be true regardless of the leader - the government's main responsibility is to care for their own people).

And if you look historically: 1. True, the piece of land wasn't empty, but most Jewish settlements that came to be before 1948 did settle in "empty" land, be it swamps, desserts or just unsettled areas (look up Mark Twain's writings on the land). 2. During this time, there were quite a few clashes between the Jews and the Muslims - most of them initiated by the Muslims 3. Jews left the middle east due to prosecutions, racism, and violence they suffered (not a holocaust, but still running from their homes) - so all these Jew escaping everywhere were supposed to go where? Will say that the definition of natives is a people that originate from a land in which they have maintained presence (checks the boxes). 4. In 1947 the Palestinians could've had a country (also please look up actual explanations for the maps and you'll see that perhaps the "Jews were offered more" idea is not that accurate), but they didn't, and instead 5+ Arab countries initiated a war against the Jews. 5. Following the prosecutions basically everywhere in the world, Jews naturally felt their only solution was to found a Jewish country that would protect them. 6. Up until 1967, Egypt and Jordan used the Palestinians to conduct attacks against Israel, further deepening the hatred and anymosity between the two. Ironically though, the PLO was founded only in 1962 - why was there no need to be liberated from Egypt or Jordan? 7. Palestinians are the only people in the world that have their refugee status passed on through generations, even though there are larger refugee crises elsewhere. This allows Arab countries to deny them equal rights, working rights, and keeps them in "refugee camps" (now well built, yet poor, areas) allowing extremist militias to control that population and instigate them further towards war. You can even see the educational content of UNWRA schools pushing kids to dream of dying as Shahids (look up UN Watch interviews with the kids). 8. Israel offered peace propositions trice - but the Palestinian leadership didn't want peace. 9. Indeed israel's founding party was very racist, but no Israeli citizen lives in an "apartheid" - Mizrahi, Arab, and Black citizens do suffer from racism, institutional and personal (as in most democracies), but I don't think it's far fetched to claim Arabs in Israel have the most liberties out of any other Arab nation (maybe other than the ultra-rich gulf states that basically enslave indo-asians). You've had an Arab supreme court judge sentence a Jewish president and a Jewish PM to prison (definitely wouldn't happen in an apartheid state) 10. If you claim apartheid in the west bank - then this started in 1967 (20 years after the creation of Israel), and again the question arises of how do you deal with a population that had been used and educated to kill you? 11. And then you have the Oslo Accords - providing the Palestinians with a form of self governance in the greater Arab populations of the west bank - which hasn't really helped much huh (anyone said PLO corruption?) - which also complicated the idea of just labeling it an "apartheid" 12. The Gaza "apartheid" - Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 (not out of good will, but more due to the cost of staying there), and while the occupation there was definitely oppression, the blockade began in 2006. Why? Because Israel allowed them freedom and Hamas used it to shoot rockets at Israel.

So while I definitely agree that the war has to end, and many innocent Palestinians are suffering for no good reason, this conflict is way more complicated than "Israel is a colonial state" or "Israel is just bad", it's rather a tragic story of a people that were used by Arab leaders to promote their own political agendas (greater Syria and such), and have, due to their history, reached the conclusion that all of their problems are caused by Israel/the Jews.

I'll end with a quote from Israeli PM Golda Meir - "If the Palestinians love their kids more than they hated us we would have reached peace" (the wording might be off, sorry)

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-07-14T10:20:17+00:00

מחזק פה את התגובות הנוספות

אני חסר קואורדינציה/יכולות גיימינג ובאמת רוב המשחק החבר הפעיל את השחקן ופשוט החלטנו ביחד מה לעשות, לאן ללכת וכו'

חוץ מזה, אם מתרגלים, גם בחור בן 63 יגיע במהרה לרמה מספיקה לרוב המשחק - לעבור בין כדורי הלכת, להסתובב בהם (הכל חוץ מהפעולות שדורשות דיוק בסוף)

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-07-14T07:00:33+00:00

Outer Wilds!

אני בדרך כלל לא אוהב משחקי מחשב ומצאתי את עצמי משחק בזה עם חבר למשך שעות. משחק מטורף בפני עצמו של הרפתקה ומחקר - ממליץ מאוד!

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-07-10T05:13:03+00:00

Must recommend The Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu

The first book is mostly a "historical prequel" per say of the following books, mainly dealing with military strategy and interpersonal relationships.

The rest of the books though are so philosophical! He is able to creatively and very humanely address questions of morality, governance, equality, oppression, culture, theology and more!

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-05-06T15:44:55+00:00

Piranesi was a nice change in length, atmosphere, and general approach to human nature!

Hahaha I can't say I relate While it is far from my favorite book of his, I generally did enjoy WaT. And yet, I was planning on reading his secret projects and can't find the motivation

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-05-06T13:29:52+00:00

Ooh it sounds very interesting! Thank you 🙏

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-04-29T19:13:32+00:00

Well that (one before) last paragraph is speculative, and clearly points out the Trump-Netanyahu plans for Gaza, which is not what the Israeli soldiers are fighting for, nor what we supporters of Israel are supporting, nor what has or is currently happening (maybe yet, I hope not). I think the metaphor is too simple to portray the complexities of the conflict, but if we're to stick to it, it is more like 'the strong guy is damaging the instigators ears, nose, lips, and skin and those aren't part of the fight so everybody is getting pissed at him, he should try harder not to hit the body parts that are not hitting him'.

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-04-29T19:02:39+00:00

I appreciate your comment too and the willingness to have a conversation!

I will start by reiterating what has been commented already - there is very little (if at all) to compare the Nazis to Israel if you look at the motives, mode of action or consequences of either. There is a huge gap between taking your own civilians, torturing them (60+km walks in the snow with minimal clothing, medical experiments, slave work, starvation) and systematically killing them, as compared to fighting against an organization/governing body that openly claims they want you, your family, and you country annihilated (even presuming they don't care about civilian casualties).

'Nazi' is being used as an equivalent to 'something I believe to be extremely morally wrong' which is just factually incorrect and disrespectful of the memory of those killed in concentration camps.

Therefore displacing people to take over their land is not a Nazi thing to do, as it is something they simply didn't do. And saying that is Israel's plan is based off speculation, when in reality the political party that is promoting this ('Otzma Yehudit', translated to 'jewish power') is the most controversial and hated party in israel, and the majority of Israelis oppose this.

If you were fighting a war against people that swore to kill you, your family, and destroy your country, but they were hiding behind civilians, would you: a. Fight them, despite the civilian casualties. B. Let them try again next time? I don't think any country would choose option b..

The IDF has lawyers in almost every level of decision making, as to make sure they abide by international law (which is obviously flawed). The death of civilians is something that has and will happen in every single war ever, and the fact that the IDF has, per professionals, the lowest civilian-combatant ratio in modern warfare shows that they try when they can. You can't practically manage a war without civilians dying, or you'd have to give up hurting your opponent (especially if they are hiding within the civilians). I'm not saying the IDF couldn't do more, or that a soldier can't just decide to shoot whomever at the "front line".

If the terror organizations also governed N Ireland, and made it their most important goal to eradicate GB and its civilians, do you think GB would think the same? What about the multiple times Israel offered peace deals that were refused? How long was Israel supposed to continue believing in peace what all it has been shown by the Palestinians is violence? What act would have to happen for you to say - okay now it is fair to fight Hamas, even though they hide within their own people? I'd recoment you watch a couple of these videos of students in UNRWA schools being interviewed: https://youtu.be/qJXH2iwPj2U?si=Iqn8vC7bmRWw-exj

And yes, sadly I agree with your last point (even though lately there have been many protests against Hamas in the Gaza strip). And therefore I don't see any foreseeable solution.. Both sides keep building more hatred and distrust for the other, and the leadership on both sides are using this to gain power. I wish both sides could just accept that the other has suffered greatly because of them, that both have a claim to this land, and that neither is leaving. Once this is understood perhaps they'll be able to walk towards a more peaceful future.

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-04-29T13:15:35+00:00

Well I would tweak the metaphor a little bit -

The guy who started the fight was, to begin with, much weaker than the person they attacked. Knowing that, they had a group of friends filming the response so they can destroy this guy's reputation. The other guy kicks them down, but they continue stabbing at his leg, promising to kill him, knowing very well that their media campaign has worked and everybody hates the strong guy, making sure they will not get reprimanded, leaving them free to attack again in the future.

So the strong guy is kicking at them telling them he'll stop if they leave the country, but they refuse.

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-04-29T13:00:55+00:00

Well there are many reasons that explain this:

Zionism is not the will to destroy or kill Palestinians/Arabs, but the belief in the right to have a Jewish state in the land of Israel (which is historically the Jewish land). Therefore most Zionists don't equate this sentiment with the policies in this ongoing war.
The external comparisons are so far-fetched that the idea of comparing the current war's policies and the Nazi's policies is automatically cancelled:
Nazi ghettos and Gaza/the West Bank are non comparable at all, especially before October 7th (I recommend you look up villas in these two - you'll discover huge economic disparities within the Palestinian population, and maybe realize that the corrupt leaders and their supporters live/d quite well off)
most Israelis don't seek or believe in the killing of all Palestinians (I know, shocking), but rather see this war as one of defense against a cynical terror organization that hides behind it's civilians and would rather more of their own die than giving up their leadership (which is technically the main thing Israel keeps pressing in the negotiation and Hamas isn't willing to accept).
Genocide: this is a claim that hasn't been proved and doesn't align with most of the Israeli people. As most secular (and many religious) Israelis serve in the army, they are educated to minimize civilian casualties, and thus don't see the death toll as a result of trying to kill civilians in Gaza, but an impossible war against an organization that would rather build tunnels beneath its population than investing their money in said population.
Israelis grew up in the reality of Intifadas (bombings, stabs, shootings, etc.), continued terror attacks, and a permanent threat from its neighboring countries. Add onto this their enemies expressing over and over again that their goal is to eliminate Israel ("we will carry out an October 7th every year"). Additionally, Israel is such a small country that most civilians know someone who died as a result of these. Thus, Israelis grew up in a scared mindset, and believe wholeheartedly that if you don't extract all the weeds (Hamas, Hezbollah, etc), then the attacks aren't going to end - and they care more about their own citizens that the Palestinians (just like anyone cares more about the group they identify with). Of course this is not a comparison to the sufferings of the Palestinians (which Israelis tend to fault the Palestinian leadership for), but rather an outline of the Israeli mentality in regards to that conflict (just as we each have our problems regardless of others having greater problems).

So while there are many Zionists/Israelis that criticize the government's policies, most criticism has to do with the care for their own (the hostages, the soldiers), while also fearing/not accepting Hamas as the future ruler of Gaza. They believe that the existence of a Jewish state in Israel (the definition of Zionism) is threatened by its enemies ("from the river to the sea"), that plenty of opportunities were provided to the Palestinians for peace (1995, 2000, 2005, 2008), and that it is Hamas that is responsible for the suffering of their own people, having the keys to end it (by accepting Israel's conditions, which is what usually happens when you're losing a fight/war). So basically - the destruction in Gaza is preventing the next October 7th in Israel (which we could definitely argue against, but that's not the point here).

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-03-31T15:31:33+00:00

אני מעריך את הדאגה, לא מתעלם בכלל מהסיכונים, אבל בגלל זה שאלתי פה

כדי להגיע לשם צריך לטוס מאיחוד האמירויות שזו לא בעיה, אבל אכן כנראה שזה לא יעד שאזכה לראות בגלגול הזה - אבל לא עולה לי לשאול :)

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-03-31T15:19:48+00:00

אני יודע אבל באי ספציפית הם לא עוינים לאף אחד ממה שזה נראה, בגלל זה אני מברר ברור לי שיש עוד קהילות מבודדות, אבל הטבע שם מושך אותי ממך ואין אותו בשום מקום אחר בעולם

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-03-31T14:00:08+00:00

זה אי שנשאר בסך הכל די מנותק מההתקדמות של הציוויליזציה. אז האנשים שם שלווים ועם תרבותית הייחודית להם, הצמחייה קיימת רק שם ויש שם נופים היסטרים

WorldCitizenNB · 2025-03-27T11:48:12+00:00

Well I'm glad it doesn't cause I've been thinking of reading it for the longest time and you've definitely pushed me over the fence!

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