SvennoJ said:
Dulfite said:
1) Wasn't my version, it's what I read from internet. I wasn't there so I don't have a version to tell. 2) Were there any reported deaths from the rubber bullets? They are a lot less likely to kill or harm than regular bullets. It isn't even close. 3) I don't doubt them doing it was a trigger, but launching thousands of missiles at Israel (and many of them hitting their own people) isn't an appropriate response. |
1) Ah, Ok, I didn't see a source, my bad.
2) Not that I know of in this instance, there's also permanent injury risk
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/at-close-range-police-fire-rubber-bullets-that-can-maim-or-kill-protesters
A study published in 2017 in the BMJ found that 3% of people hit by rubber bullets died of the injury. Fifteen percent of the 1,984 people studied were permanently injured by the rubber bullets, also known as “kinetic impact projectiles.”
3) It sure is not. Give fanatics a reason to be idiots and they will gladly grasp the opportunity.
The sad thing is, the world doesn't pay attention until things blow up. Only after the rockets and retaliatory air strikes we get to hear what led up to it. Same as George Floyd had to die on camera before people gave a damn. |
1. Sorry for not including, I did a bunch of skimming around the internet and collected a little bit from here and there and didn't bother to write down exactly where I got it all from.
2. Thank you for including that, that is interesting. Still, I'm sure if Israeli troops came in with real bullets' blazing everywhere there would be a lot more than 3% dead and 15% permanently injured.
3. It is sad that only when people over react and do a lot worse than the thing they are protesting that situations are realized. The problem is now the media is painting it like Israel is almost solely to blame even though they weren't the ones firing thousands of rockets every which direction.
