I appreciate the comment, and I share your sentiment. However, just because you cannot conceive what another can does not negate their perceptions. I do understand how my use of a particular word may be uncomfortable for many, but then again, I am not "the many", I am just one person with my own view.
I can acknowledge the courage it takes to sacrifice one’s life for a cause while simultaneously recognizing the lack of courage in doing so. It takes courage to live, to endure, to fight. The people of Gaza do not set themselves aflame; they fight to live. They refuse to die willingly. The evil forces perpetuating this decades-long tragedy are not troubled by any death, in fact, they applaud when a dissenting voice silences itself.
“Many of us like to ask ourselves, ‘What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?’ The answer is, you're doing it. Right now.”
“I am an active-duty member of the United States Air Force, and I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I'm about to engage in an extreme act of protest — but compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it's not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”
these statements were not meant for the evil forces.
Perhaps in away yes, his voice is not silenced, if there are others such as yourself who make certain his words do not die. I myself can not reconcile this quandary, the contradictions remain all too tragic, thank-you for not letting his voice be silenced.
(2) Courage comes in many forms. There is (a) courage to sacrifice your life to make a statement or achieve an outcome (b) courage to tolerate unlivable conditions (mentally or physically).
To assert that 'to sacrifice one's life to make/induce a change in another's thinking and on the world' is not courageous would be a blatantly myopic perspective.
You may consider 'a suicide' to be an act lacking courage, but if you've had any experience with suicides (eg. working at a suicide hotline, or having a friend/loved one commit suicide) you would understand (and appreciate) other perspectives other than your own.
Yes , sadly many have taken their own lives. As for you second point, I will not waste your time, you have already identified I am deficient in comprehension skills.
I appreciate the comment, and I share your sentiment. However, just because you cannot conceive what another can does not negate their perceptions. I do understand how my use of a particular word may be uncomfortable for many, but then again, I am not "the many", I am just one person with my own view.
I can acknowledge the courage it takes to sacrifice one’s life for a cause while simultaneously recognizing the lack of courage in doing so. It takes courage to live, to endure, to fight. The people of Gaza do not set themselves aflame; they fight to live. They refuse to die willingly. The evil forces perpetuating this decades-long tragedy are not troubled by any death, in fact, they applaud when a dissenting voice silences itself.
his voice is not silenced. i'll quote him again:
“Many of us like to ask ourselves, ‘What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?’ The answer is, you're doing it. Right now.”
“I am an active-duty member of the United States Air Force, and I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I'm about to engage in an extreme act of protest — but compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it's not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”
these statements were not meant for the evil forces.
Perhaps in away yes, his voice is not silenced, if there are others such as yourself who make certain his words do not die. I myself can not reconcile this quandary, the contradictions remain all too tragic, thank-you for not letting his voice be silenced.
>>"The people of Gaza do not set themselves aflame; they fight to live. They refuse to die willingly."
I feel compelled to contradict you on these assertions ->
(1) Suicides in Gaza have increased post Oct.7 (https://rebelmouthedbooks.squarespace.com/blog/2024/5/8/suicide-in-gaza-an-invisible-arm-of-genocide). Not everyone can maintain their sanity and mental health in a Genocide perpetrated by Israel - the likes of which have not been experienced since WW2.
(2) Courage comes in many forms. There is (a) courage to sacrifice your life to make a statement or achieve an outcome (b) courage to tolerate unlivable conditions (mentally or physically).
To assert that 'to sacrifice one's life to make/induce a change in another's thinking and on the world' is not courageous would be a blatantly myopic perspective.
You may consider 'a suicide' to be an act lacking courage, but if you've had any experience with suicides (eg. working at a suicide hotline, or having a friend/loved one commit suicide) you would understand (and appreciate) other perspectives other than your own.
Yes , sadly many have taken their own lives. As for you second point, I will not waste your time, you have already identified I am deficient in comprehension skills.
>>"As for you second point, I will not waste your time, you have already identified I am deficient in comprehension skills."
Thank you, I appreciate that.
Your welcome