Saturday, 2 December 2023

From the news on: the war in West Asia [Content Warning - links to reports on bigotry/hate, violence including SA & CSA/abuse/war, genocide, language. Reader discretion is advised]

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that linked articles may contains names and/or images of deceased people. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/. 

Note: in my “from the news” posts, quotes are shown italicised and blue, my comments are in a different shade of blue, and “good” items are shown in green. I have loosely grouped the posts where such seemed reasonable, but that is subjective (i.e., my opinion - others are free to disagree), and challenging, as some posts belong in multiple “groups”.

Reporting on recent and currently ongoing tragic events in West Asia, in Israel, Gaza, and adjoining nations, includes the following:

  • “Israeli intelligence leak details extent of warnings over _____ attack”   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/28/israeli-military-had-warning-of-_____-training-for-attack-reports-say   “Israel’s military and intelligence officials were given a highly detailed warning that _____ was actively training to take over kibbutzim on the Gaza border and overrun military posts with the aim of inflicting substantial fatalities, according to reports in the Israeli media. ... Those emails revealed that a senior officer who reviewed the intelligence considered the danger of a massive surprise attack by _____ across the Gaza border to be “an imaginary scenario”.”    





  • “Labor in vain: Gen Z anger apparent as PM risks alienating these future voters”   https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2023/11/26/albanese-alienates-young-voters   “how the thousands of students who marched through the city felt about Anthony Albanese and the federal Labor government’s ongoing refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. ... Footage of Albanese’s old speeches in support of Palestine that has been circulating on social media only adds to their anger and sense of betrayal. “Why was he supporting Palestine then but not now? ... he just hasn’t done anything” ... Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s electorate office has set up a dedicated redirect for the thousands of people calling to complain about her refusal to call for a ceasefire”   and   “Labor facing internal demands to call for full ceasefire in Gaza”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/29/labor-facing-internal-demands-to-call-for-full-ceasefire-in-gaza   “About 40 branches in New South Wales have now passed motions demanding a full ceasefire”  


Note: as with other mass murderers, violent extremists crave publicity, so I refuse to give that to them - I will avoid using their names (which is a policy adopted by good law enforcement and media for other mass murderers), and I will not give them the satisfaction of being described with the T word. 

Note also that the genocidal intent of the VEs I refuse to name is clear, according to this from experts in that topic.


Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

  • this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

  • there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”; 
  • I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.

 

If they are of any use of interest, the activism information links from my former news posts are available in this post. 

 

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Remember: we need to be more human being rather than human doing, and all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk.


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