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One Side Routinely Uses Human Shields in Gaza—But Not the Side That’s Usually Blamed

One Side Routinely Uses Human Shields in Gaza—But Not the Side That’s Usually Blamed

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2w ago

One Side Routinely Uses Human Shields in Gaza—But Not the Side That’s Usually Blamed

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Human shields don't work when snipers freely shoot children.

Using a human shield is abhorrent. Shooting the human shield is also bad.
- We can easily say that in a peaceful place, but it may be different for somebody who's being shot at.
  
  We can easily say running over children in a pickup is bad, but if you are drunk, it may be different.
  Still objectively bad, even if you justify it with a state of mind argument.

Always human shields, never human swords
- Frankie Boyle: "Humans generally make terrible shields. That's why we invented... the shield."

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