Explanation: in the movie King Tweety there is a (very annoying) scene that has the (very annoying) titular bird keep asking (in his very annoying voice) if everything in a room is "for him". Coincidentally, in the same movie Tweety (who is even more stupid than usual) keeps saying (and thinking) that Sylvester is his "big brother"
So, since you are clearly Sylvester as proven by you avatar (some may try and say that is Tom, but that is a blatant lie)...
@M.A.R. The bird is not a king, but the premise of the movie is that he is mistook as the king bird of a small island in the middle of nowhere. As for why the island had a king bird... no clue, but by the end of the movie it is shown that there was a mistake and he is unrelated (oddly enough, he is still the cousin of the actual queen)
That's what's so baffling. How does crap like that fly? I mean, if they say something like that in any country in Europe, they'd be thrown into jail then a mental asylum
@ShadowWizardLoveZelda Those 3 words have been Bibi’s policies for the last 30 years. He’s never wanted to live peacefully side-by-side with his neighbors. His policies are like taken straight out of a dystopian sci-fi movie: supress the population, expect regular uprisings, shoot, kill, rinse, repeat.
@M.A.R. Considering that many European countries have given Israel at least partial support, seems like reason to say that it flies in Europe, too. For instance, cutting the support to URNWA, because less than 10 (some had been tortured to confess) of 30,000 employees partook in the October massacre. Germany has been financially supporting their war, too, if I’m not mistaken? Possibly Britain and France, too.
The European countries have also begun supporting more sanctions on Iran, despite Iran’s attack doing only mild damage to Israel, and being a response to Israel deliberately bombing Iran’s embassy in Syria.
@M.A.R. I may have skipped over some parts of the discussuon in here. I don’t think European countries would support any sort of nuking, no, but they certainly are accomplices in child slaugther, attempted genocide, and ethnic cleansing. Of course, nowhere near as much as the USA.
@M.A.R. I mean, we’ve sanctioned Iran for other stuff. I would not sanction them over this particular response.
@Marco If you have nothing useful to say, you’re soon to become my 2nd ever person on my list of ignored people, as I’ve had nothing but hostile and unproductive encounters with you in here. Please wrap up.
@Marco just an advice, make what you want of it. You probably should avoid harsh wording, should the parrot notice messages like that one she wont probably be very happy with them
@M.A.R. Real work? What’s that? The only true work is that of fairies and wizards, with their magic wands pointed at the skies. Let there be fantasy! Oh, what work, again?
The meager grant money can be spent on buying a chatGPT subscription, ice cream, and posters advocating for science and humanitarian aid to malaria victims
@AndreasmovedtoCodidact he's not PM that long, luckily, and in the beginning he was quite good. The one thing that drives him though is the desire to stay in power, and since the last elections, he did become a puppet of the extreme right wing people, which caused all the mess we're now in, both from the inside and outside.
And somehow his followers followed that change as well, which is the real pity in this whole situation, and why it can't be easily solved. (elections)
That said, he also still listens to USA when really having to, like in the case now with Iran. Which is a pleasant surprise.
@SPArcheon no need for any parrot, few 10k users can have the same effect.
@AndreasmovedtoCodidact any 10k user can see and vote for chat flags.
@ShadowWizardLoveZelda Well, he rose to power in opposition to the Oslo peace agreement, claiming that any scenario in which Palestine would be a free country, would be one in which Israel is unsafe. The conclusion from that thought is that Palestine must be suppressed in order for Israel to be safe. That's been his policy from the start: supress Palestinians, and occupy more and more territory.
@Zoeisonstrike plastic socks will last that long, no problem. All you're doing is adding a nasty surprise for the poor mod who will have to deal with your sentient unsuspended sock
@ShadowWizardLoveZelda I think the retaliation launched (yesterday, was it? Or last morning?) was deeply unwise. I hope it doesn't escalate any further.
@AndreasmovedtoCodidact I hope it doesn't either, but let's be realistic; it will. The problems in the region go deep, and aren't rooted in anything logical. The shift to nationalist regimes isn't helping either
@AndreasmovedtoCodidact well on this I disagree, the retaliation was aimed on military bases only, minimal damage, if at all, no innocent victims at all. And I don't think it will escalate any further, in the near future at least.
@ShadowWizardLoveZelda But now Iran feels wronged, so they're going to retaliate because Israel retaliated. Then Israel is going to retaliate because Iran retaliated. Rinse and repeat, and you have one large serving of a nasty escalating situation
@ShadowWizardLoveZelda What it's declared as doesn't really matter. Israel is also insisting there's no genocide in Gaza, but footage on the ground currently disagrees. None of the actions here are logical; taking a semi-logical action to justify retaliation isn't helpful
@Zoeisonstrike Actually, Iran has been holding back for a long time these months, and only after Israel bombed their embassy, they fired back at Israel. If they had not launched an attack over that, they'd have given Israel a pass to continue bombing their facilities.
@Zoeisonstrike they had to, the patience can't be infinite. But they also could either launch a surprise attack, or launch 3000 missiles instead of 300, which would have changed the equation and start a full scale war for sure.
Friendly reminder: If y'all are going to talk about politics, and especially political topics where people have strong views, remember to keep it civil and follow the CoC.
@AndreasmovedtoCodidact See, that's why the situation keeps escalating. It's retaliation for retaliation for retaliation for retaliation for stuff that happened so long ago that no one really remembers what started it. Iran could have solved it politically. Not going at it militarily wouldn't have been giving Israel a pass - ignoring, maybe, but not ignoring doesn't mean "launch the missiles"
Well, we are only a handful of people discussing it here, us alone are not going to change the world, but if everybody discusses hard and important topics in small groups like we do, it'll be a positive contribution to the world eventually. :)
@AndreasmovedtoCodidact which rope? Iran keeps fueling the fire using their proxy aka daily rockets on our northern towns. It's kind of "legit" while the war in Gaza is ongoing, but still - if Israel can act against it, it will.
@ShadowWizardLoveZelda See my last message; they could've voted to condemn Israel in various bodies of power (probably the UN security council?), but chose violence instead. Every single side in the conflict has, and that's why it both keeps escalating, and why it never fully deescalates
@Zoeisonstrike Yes, and I think 90% of the world agrees, but none of it can happen unless the permament members agree to it. And if it's forced through without them, you risk having them leave the UN. That doesn't exactly help the world, either.
> The Golan Heights are a rocky plateau in the Levant region of Western Asia that was captured by Israel from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War. The international community, with the exception of Israel and the United States, generally regards the Golan Heights to be Syrian territory held by Israel under military occupation.
@ShadowWizardLoveZelda I mean, at the moment anybody legitimately criticizes Israel, the Israeli leadership quickly labels them as anti-semettic and other atrocious tags they can be given. It's not particularly constructive.
@M.A.R. yeah one of the biggest problems, boils down to "who decides what's legit/justified and what isn't".
@AndreasmovedtoCodidact terms of the things Israel do to survive, which is sometimes, too many times, things our PM do to personally survive aka keep being a PM.
@ShadowWizardLoveZelda It doesn't really matter. The question for any logical state that wants to avoid war or further conflict is "what can we do to de-escalate this situation?"
We're trying to weigh the actions of entities that are nothing like us, using our own moral frameworks. If some idiot spat in my drink in a bar, do I punch him in the face? That's how we're thinking about it.
And third-party bystanders who want to avoid war in the region should be asking "how can we help de-escalate the situation?" rather than throwing weapons at a war that both hasn't started yet, and currently is seen as a war of aggression
@ShadowWizardLoveZelda it's to not get caught in the net of whether what Iran or Israel is doing is justified or right, and not to let it affect our own judgment.
The falling debris from the Iranian missiles killed a girl, that's evil.
You don't need to find someone specific to point the blame.
Now, in an ideal, Chomsky world, I would look for likeminded Iranians citizens to try to affect change in Iran, I can't do anything about Syria, Israel, or SA. Same for @Sha here.
But I'm . . . erm, sleepy.
@ShadowWizardLoveZelda this is really an effed up region huh. And I don't think it's just the oil.
@M.A.R. I've already done the same in Norway. But we're pretty much sidelined in terms of actions that work. And it doesn't help that our government is afraid of doing the most they can to improve the situation.
@M.A.R. Actually, I think it was discovered that the bombing in Syria or Libya got a bit overboard.
@M.A.R. No, that's "Fossen". Try "Fosen rein samer vindturbiner terje aasland menneskerettighetsbrudd høysterett".
Long story short, the government allowed the construction of wind turbines on the land of reindeer farmers (Sami people). The Supreme Court found it to be in violation of the human rights, and it took almost 2 years after the court ruling to settle the case.
The Fosen conflict is an ongoing Norwegian conflict regarding environmentalism on the Fosen peninsula, Trøndelag county. The Supreme Court ruled that wind turbines (on Fosen) have been built unlawfully. The Supreme Court ruled in October 2021 that the wind turbines (on Fosen), violate the indigenous rights of the Sámi people. The Fosen conflict has resulted in civil disobedience; in 2023, Greta Thunberg and others were blocking entrances to (government) ministries in Oslo; the police moved them out of the way. On March 2, 2023, protesters were blocking entrances to (government) ministries in Oslo...
@ShadowWizardLoveZelda Something another leader with a "special task" this day can only dream of. No, wait, I think he finally admitted it's not just a special military operation.
I usually go to supermarket during a work day, as many others, so those two days are going to be crazy, possibly with line too long to wait in, so I prefer to just have everything already.
@M.A.R. but make it with milk and eggs! :D
@AndreasmovedtoCodidact actually, funny story. On the way home I met a cat, who bumped into the eggs and broke several of them. D:
When I run out of dog food my go-to is raw eggs/bananas because they're always in the house. Those are also my Pug's favorite food/treats. If I train her to do something new, or she's showing good discipline, I'll reward her with either. She has raw eggs every couple months and bananas as treats ...