Ugh, I'm a huge fan of his books on evolution. They really bring out a deep wonder and understanding of the natural world. But this must be what Harry Potter fans feel like when they hear their Terf author speak.
Dawkins coined the word "meme", how can he be so culturally ignorant? Old man should shut his yap, stop yelling at clouds and stick to science.
I think you are confused, you seem to be referring to Anwar al-Awlaki, while I was referring to his son, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki.
My inner pedant needs to respond and point out that I said "the fall of the Roman Republic".
So we are in pedantic agreement.
You're not wrong, our current oligarchs can get away with almost anything. The only time they face serious consequences is when there is a coalition of other oligarchs who want to punish them.
Which is why I believe Trump and Netanyahu fall into this political trap of "win or prison". They both have many politically powerful enemies.
Maybe I'm being optimistic, I dont want to come off as a shitlib who's thinking "Mueller is really gonna get Drumpf this time!", but I think its very likely hes going to prison if hes unable to pardon himself.
What's the difference between this and Edward Snowden or Julian Assange? Or Drake and Binny, or the Boeing whistleblowers?
We may not have killed Chelsea Manning, but we tortured her for years for her heroic actions.
According to Associated Press framing, when we do it its debatable, but when Iran or China does it then its nefarious, because they are the bad guys
One of the big themes of the fall of the Roman Republic was that many leaders faced a dilemma: stay in office or face dire legal consequences. Julius Ceasar had to make sure he held office continuously for decades or else he would have been dragged through the courts.
If you asked me 15 years ago, I would have naively said that modern governments do not have this problem. But one look at Trump or Netanyahyu and the logic is clear: do everything to stay in power, because if you fail you get life in prison.
Other commenters are correct that Evergreen is quite a "hippy" and "alternative" college, but I believe the core reason this happened is Rachel Corrie.
Evergreen school administrators may have been more amenable to students' demands because of Rachel Corrie, who was a 23-year-old Evergreen student when she was crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer while she and others sought to protect a Palestinian home from being demolished in the Gaza border town of Rafah
Yes I think we have the same general thesis here, readers should think critically always.
Look at the context here, my unsourced internet comment was in response to xep's unsourced internet comment.
Xep made 3 claims, and I believe all 3 are incorrect.
Oh, you're too kind! I would like to take credit but in reality I was inspired by people like Chris Jeffries, the writer of this Medium article.
His confident writing style and utter lack of sources was truly an inspiration.
Sorry I didn't want to write an essay, but you're right, I should have provided more.
I think it's obvious the Medium article is poorly sourced- there are no links, no quotes, and no attribution whatsoever. Compare it to a write up like Hamas Recycling Unexploded Ordinance in Gaza, which tells the exact same story but it comes with links and quotes, and it names the source as Michael Cardash, the former deputy head of the Israeli National Police Bomb Disposal Division.
As for the Iranian connection, I know I'm going against popular opinion, but I made my claims clear and anyone can try to disprove me.
A quick Google search shows many articles on the bomb disposal unit and tactics inside Gaza dating back to at least 2012. The Inevitable Rearmament of Hamas (2021) gives a good analysis. An even better source for this is the al-Qassam Brigade's youtube, they post raw war footage including bomb disposal. Unfortunately I dont speak Arabic so I wasnt able to find a specific video.
For any other country, state dept reports like this have to clear before we start shipping weapons.
But for Israel, the Biden administration carves out exceptions and delays the reporting so the illegal weapons shipments can continue.
This is the banality of evil, Palestinian children are starving and exploding and we are arguing over reports.
This is why Biden has earned the moniker "Genocide Joe".