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Anonymous wrote:Pope Francis has spoken out against the cruelty in Gaza twice in as many days, as I’m sure you’ve all seen. Yesterday, he said, “Yesterday, children were bombed. This is not war. This is cruelty. I want to say this because it touches my heart.” Today, he said, “And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty.”

I hope the world is listening to this voice of kindness and humanity.

There has been plenty of cruelty to go around, it's inappropriate and biased to single out the Gazans as if they suffered exclusively. They just suffered quantitatively more thereafter, which is not necessarily unjust or inappropriate, given that this was precipitated by Gazans on Oct. 7.

He speaks on behalf of 1.4 billion people.

1,400,000,000

You? You’re just a racist, Islamophobic anti-semite who conflates the actions of Hamas with all Gazans, apparently.

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Anonymous wrote:Pope Francis has spoken out against the cruelty in Gaza twice in as many days, as I’m sure you’ve all seen. Yesterday, he said, “Yesterday, children were bombed. This is not war. This is cruelty. I want to say this because it touches my heart.” Today, he said, “And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty.”

I hope the world is listening to this voice of kindness and humanity.

There has been plenty of cruelty to go around, it's inappropriate and biased to single out the Gazans as if they suffered exclusively. They just suffered quantitatively more thereafter, which is not necessarily unjust or inappropriate, given that this was precipitated by Gazans on Oct. 7.

Huh? In your world view once cannot express sympathy and sorrow for people going through the horrors of living a second winter displaced from their homes, without enough to eat, and in fear every day (since time and time again Israel is striking where they said they would not strike before)?

Can you take a moment to reflect on how this point of view may be the problem?

Unfortunately unlike the Nakba which Israel also did/does not want the world discussing, here the suffering is being shown in photos/videos in front of our eyes. There is no hiding it.

I am happy to also express my sympathy for others who are suffering. I feel badly for the hostages’ families but if one is weighing the level of harm, these families get to sleep safely in a warm bed tonight whereas the families of detained Palestinians do not.

Bottom line, the suffering is self-imposed. No Oct. 7, no suffering. Raise, support, vote for, shelter, hide terrorists, and this is what happens. Engage in terror and yes the terrorists will be killed or detained. No sympathy, no empathy for them. Live peacefully and then we can have a converation about a way forward.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pope Francis has spoken out against the cruelty in Gaza twice in as many days, as I’m sure you’ve all seen. Yesterday, he said, “Yesterday, children were bombed. This is not war. This is cruelty. I want to say this because it touches my heart.” Today, he said, “And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty.”

I hope the world is listening to this voice of kindness and humanity.

There has been plenty of cruelty to go around, it's inappropriate and biased to single out the Gazans as if they suffered exclusively. They just suffered quantitatively more thereafter, which is not necessarily unjust or inappropriate, given that this was precipitated by Gazans on Oct. 7.

Huh? In your world view once cannot express sympathy and sorrow for people going through the horrors of living a second winter displaced from their homes, without enough to eat, and in fear every day (since time and time again Israel is striking where they said they would not strike before)?

Can you take a moment to reflect on how this point of view may be the problem?

Unfortunately unlike the Nakba which Israel also did/does not want the world discussing, here the suffering is being shown in photos/videos in front of our eyes. There is no hiding it.

I am happy to also express my sympathy for others who are suffering. I feel badly for the hostages’ families but if one is weighing the level of harm, these families get to sleep safely in a warm bed tonight whereas the families of detained Palestinians do not.

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Anonymous wrote:Pope Francis has spoken out against the cruelty in Gaza twice in as many days, as I’m sure you’ve all seen. Yesterday, he said, “Yesterday, children were bombed. This is not war. This is cruelty. I want to say this because it touches my heart.” Today, he said, “And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty.”

I hope the world is listening to this voice of kindness and humanity.

There has been plenty of cruelty to go around, it's inappropriate and biased to single out the Gazans as if they suffered exclusively. They just suffered quantitatively more thereafter, which is not necessarily unjust or inappropriate, given that this was precipitated by Gazans on Oct. 7.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pope Francis has spoken out against the cruelty in Gaza twice in as many days, as I’m sure you’ve all seen. Yesterday, he said, “Yesterday, children were bombed. This is not war. This is cruelty. I want to say this because it touches my heart.” Today, he said, “And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty.”

I hope the world is listening to this voice of kindness and humanity.

There has been plenty of cruelty to go around, it's inappropriate and biased to single out the Gazans as if they suffered exclusively. They just suffered quantitatively more thereafter, which is not necessarily unjust or inappropriate, given that this was precipitated by Gazans on Oct. 7.

This is an example of the "sociopathy of denial" that we so often see here. It is generally characterized by: lack of empathy, deflection of blame, rationalization, distortion, manipulation, and gaslighting.

Israel has been committing atrocities against Palestinians for decades, and this has been going on since long before October 7.

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Anonymous wrote:Pope Francis has spoken out against the cruelty in Gaza twice in as many days, as I’m sure you’ve all seen. Yesterday, he said, “Yesterday, children were bombed. This is not war. This is cruelty. I want to say this because it touches my heart.” Today, he said, “And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty.”

I hope the world is listening to this voice of kindness and humanity.

There has been plenty of cruelty to go around, it's inappropriate and biased to single out the Gazans as if they suffered exclusively. They just suffered quantitatively more thereafter, which is not necessarily unjust or inappropriate, given that this was precipitated by Gazans on Oct. 7.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pope Francis has spoken out against the cruelty in Gaza twice in as many days, as I’m sure you’ve all seen. Yesterday, he said, “Yesterday, children were bombed. This is not war. This is cruelty. I want to say this because it touches my heart.” Today, he said, “And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty.”

I hope the world is listening to this voice of kindness and humanity.

There has been plenty of cruelty to go around, it's inappropriate and biased to single out the Gazans as if they suffered exclusively. They just suffered quantitatively more thereafter, which is not necessarily unjust or inappropriate, given that this was precipitated by Gazans on Oct. 7.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pope Francis has spoken out against the cruelty in Gaza twice in as many days, as I’m sure you’ve all seen. Yesterday, he said, “Yesterday, children were bombed. This is not war. This is cruelty. I want to say this because it touches my heart.” Today, he said, “And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty.”

I hope the world is listening to this voice of kindness and humanity.

There has been plenty of cruelty to go around, it's inappropriate and biased to single out the Gazans as if they suffered exclusively. They just suffered quantitatively more thereafter, which is not necessarily unjust or inappropriate, given that this was precipitated by Gazans on Oct. 7.

Anonymous wrote:Pope Francis has spoken out against the cruelty in Gaza twice in as many days, as I’m sure you’ve all seen. Yesterday, he said, “Yesterday, children were bombed. This is not war. This is cruelty. I want to say this because it touches my heart.” Today, he said, “And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty.”

I hope the world is listening to this voice of kindness and humanity.

Anonymous wrote:Pope Francis has spoken out against the cruelty in Gaza twice in as many days, as I’m sure you’ve all seen. Yesterday, he said, “Yesterday, children were bombed. This is not war. This is cruelty. I want to say this because it touches my heart.” Today, he said, “And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty.”

I hope the world is listening to this voice of kindness and humanity.

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