Comment on In 6 hours it will be illegal to say "I support Palestine Action" in the UK, with a sentence of up to 14 years in prison.

• jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Well, yes and no. It’s true we started it. But then we had bigger fish to fry and handed it off to the UN. Who could have dissolved the whole thing and returned it to the previous state, but chose not to.

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  • wpb@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If I set fire to your house, and then I turn to you saying “ooh boy this is a hairy problem, you better take care of it”, I am entirely responsible for your house being on fire.

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    • jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      For that to be a useful simile you’d need to use some kind of reversible fire.

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      • wpb@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        What about the nakba massacres strikes you as reversible? Do you know what the word reversible means?

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