It is a mistake to think of #nature as warm and cuddly. Many, perhaps most, #violent encounters between #humans and #wildlife are the result of the former treating the latter as #Disney characters.
One reason “#birds are #dinosaurs” made immediate sense to me was a vivid childhood memory: when I was about ten, I thought some #goslings were cute and wanted to pet them. #Mother#Goose had other ideas. Yeah, don’t do that.
It is equally a mistake to assume nature is All #Killing, All The Time. Fighting takes a lot of energy, and wild animals—including our own distant ancestors—are in constant peril of #starvation. Even a minor #injury can lead to #infection and #death.
Violence is a tool of survival, to be sure, whether in #predation, self-defense, or squabbles over #territory and #mating. Unnecessary violence is a quick road to #extinction. Most animals would rather do something else, when they can.
So before you fall back on “red in tooth and claw” as a default, look for other explanations. They’re usually more interesting anyway.
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@Rasta I absolutely appreciate the feeling and reasoning, I also can't put the failure on the entire humanity as without support from the west, none of these would be happening.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the #killing of two MSF staff family members during an Israeli offensive on Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, Gaza. Six other people were #injured in the attack. Late on the evening of Feb. 20, Israeli forces conducted a military operation in Al-Mawasi…
More Palestinian children were killed by Israeli forces in the illegally occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2023 than in any previous recorded year, the United Nations Children's Fund announced on Thursday.
Like other interviews I’ve done with members of the political class, this one again shows their #psychotic inability to see that the real world trumps the political world. The contemporary #British Establishment is a cult that believes in two extreme worldviews:
Vulgar Utilitarianism: the complete inability to see the value in doing anything because it is good in itself. Everything is a function of the question “does it work?”
#Israel Faces New Calls For Truce After #Killing Of Hostages Raises Alarm
Israel’s government is facing calls for a cease-fire from some of its closest European allies.
DEIR AL-BALAH, #Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s government faced calls for a #ceasefire from some of its closest European allies on Sunday after a series of shootings, including the mistaken killing of three Israeli #hostages, fueled global concerns about the conduct of the 10-week-old war in Gaza.
@Gillybean
I'm unable to guess what Biden is thinking anymore. It seems he is cutting his own throat over 2024 and in humanitarian matters, he is aligning with fascists. He has lost my confidence.
@PolitikWatch 😁 Hmja. In Kommunikation mit anderen versuche ich immer möglichst in gleicher Sprache zu antworten.
Und manchmal/meistens kann ich das was ich rüberbringen will mAn sogar in englisch besser als auf deutsch. (Konnotationen..Konnotationen...🙄) 😉
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Bloodletting as form; murder as fashion. The ongoing campaign in Gaza by Israel’s Defence Forces continues without stalling and restriction. But the burgeoning number of corpses is starting to become a challenge for the propaganda outlets: How to justify it? Fortunately for #Israel, the United States, its unqualified defender, is happy to provide cover for #murder covered in the sheath of self-defense.
@GW
America has blood on her face...she is betrayed by the fools that have usurped her power...no longer a beauty, she has cancelled all prospects of a future for her children, in bending over to be raped by the GOP
Much of humanity continues to glorify its warriors who kill and destroy. #America has embraced this view and continues to irresponsibly arm the world, spreading #violence and rotting its national soul.
Images of suffering victims, young or old, should move future leaders to end America’s #war#profiteering and pursue peaceful conflict resolution.