Comment by dijit

Comment by dijit 2 days ago

5 replies

If you're giving your personal communication devices away, given that it's used to summon you personally...

... honestly?

I have no words, that's fucking stupid.

It's not like it's a toy, or it can play games, or that it can be used reach out to a parent/guardian if a child is lost.

It's a pager, a receive only communication tool. An outmoded one by far, and given to you by your terrorist organisation to intentionally evade Israeli detection.

If you're giving it to your children, not only are you basically being negligent in your duties, you're also giving away something that has less utility than the device you used to use and likely have on standby.

scbrg 2 days ago

Perhaps. Still, in any pool of 3000 people it's fairly reasonable to assume that one or two (or ~2950) are "fucking stupid". Because people, as a rule, are.

If I'd let my prejudice run loose, I'd even argue that militant religious groups have an above average quota of "fucking stupid" people, so odds are indeed fairly good that some of these devices would make it into the hands of someone other than the original owner.

Some would argue that "being related to someone who is fucking stupid" is not a capital offence.

  • dijit 2 days ago

    Alright, let's take this in the context in which it's been given to us then.

    -> Your task is to, with as much accuracy as possible and with the minimum loss of civilian lives as possible, target a hostile force that lives within the population and does not identify themselves. They live outside of your borders.

    -> If even a single non-combatant is lost, you are a monster.

    -> In the mean time, every month that passes, hundreds of rockets rain down indiscriminate destruction upon your country, an action that has cost the lives of 12 children already.

    How do?

    • scbrg 2 days ago

      Why are you asking me? I'm not even arguing that the attack was wrong.

      I just challenged your - IMO incorrect - suggestion that it's reasonable to assume that no devices would spread to anyone other than the original owner.

      If there's such a thing as acceptable collateral damage, the attack may still be reasonable. I'm even leaning towards the opinion that it is.

      It's possible to consider the downsides of something without being opposed to it.

lm28469 2 days ago

> that it's used to summon you personally...

Man you sure know a lot about hezbollah internal processes... either that or you're full of shit