Israeli settlers torch West Bank village
Israeli settlers torch West Bank village
The Palestinian health ministry says one man was killed and another was critically injured
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Yeah, because it's not the settling part of a settler that is harmful. Settling in new lands is a foundational human behavior.
It's displacing people when you settle on their already claimed land, and treating yourself as superior that tends to badly violate human rights.
In the fantasy world of Catan, we don't genocide the natives to gain territory. This doesn't make Catan harmful, it makes it a game.
3 0 ReplyI would argue that settlers is whitewashing colonization since it has all the hallmarks of exploiting a foreign land and shipping the goods abroad but it's very conveniently unsettled.
Like how the american frontier was claimed to be unsettled land just waiting to be settled.
1 1 ReplyThis is why people don't invite you to boardgame night.
1 0 ReplyIm the one who hosts boardgame night lol
1 1 ReplyThis doesn't counteract my claim that nobody invites you to theirs.
1 0 Replyif anything bolsters it
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