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1) So you are criticizing Israel because they might displace palestinians, but you have no problem with asking for the displacement of israelis? 2) Maybe Israelis should go back to the countries in north africa that threw them out after WW2? Maybe your family lives in a house that used to be owned by jewish people who had to move to Israel? 3) Auschwitz is not in Germany, but in Poland (where most of the jews) lived before WW2. 4) Maybe christians, who used to be a majority in the middle east, should ask to get their former lands back as well? 5) I would happily trade in 5 million jewish people from Israel for 5 million muslim people in Germany. 6) You realize that the Nazis and Palestinians were working together during WW2? 7) It is impossible to say who lived on this land first, but if you want to claim that it belongs to Palestinians, then you also have to give back all the land that was taken from jewish people in Northern Africa and from christian people in the Middle East for example. Once you start you will never be able to stop. 8) It doesn't lead to anything to think about it in terms of "fairness". If you want the land you have to take it.

Nice to see that they are having a good time. Maybe someone should tell them to eat something though, they look famished.

Yes, it is human nature, although many scientists think that humans had to "domesticate" themselves to be able to form societies. In general i would say that more wealth (equally distributed) leads to less conflict. The west was (somewhat) done with wars after WW2 because they could afford it from a position of wealth, naturally "less fortunate" countries were/are more willing to use violence to get a bigger "piece of the pie". We will probably see more conflicts when resources get more scarce (population growth + climate change). The U.S. has fought multiple wars without "necessity" since the end of WW2, so i guess in the end it might be delusional to think that it is possible to get rid of war even if there is no "need" for it. Maybe it isn't about "having enough", but more about "wanting as much as possible". Historically wars didn't only have bad consequences, they also lead to increased social mobility and a lot of inventions. From a "peace perspective" it would be best to have one or two hegemonic powers (USA and the Soviet Union after WW2) that prevents major conflicts, but of course a lot of countries have a problem with this concept. I often asked myself if it would have been possible for the US to prevent all other countries from developing nuclear weapons?

What an absurd take. Hamas attacked israelis citizens (they weren't even brave enough to attack the military) and then tried to play the victim card when Israel retaliated. There would be no Hamas if Iran and Qatar wouldn't fund them to use them as a proxy to attack Israel (so that they don't have to sacrifice their own people). You clearly don't know anything if you think that Hamas or the powers behind them are interested in peace. Is the reason for Hezbollah attacking Israel also that Israel somehow suppresses people in Lebanon or Iran? Terrorists will always find a reason to start conflicts. Hamas would lose all its power if they would allow peace. Western countries have provided more than enough help to the Gaza strip, but many/most of it is used by Hamas and not to help the population. Hamas doesn't even deny that taking care of the population isn't a priority for them and obviously they are interested in keeping the population as poor and desperate as possible. Hamas never denied that their goal is to eradicate Israel, maybe people should just understand that people like them (or Putin) mean what they say. If you want peace you have to ask the palestinian population to help with the fight against Hamas and you also have to ask Qatar and Iran to defund Hamas.

1) You clearly aren't interested in/capable of leading a discussion. Still you might want to consider using a different "writing style" so that other people are able to follow your "arguments". 2) The problem for sure is that palestinians don't get enough aid ... The west should send them even more so that Hamas can keep all of it for themselves and use the material to build more bombs. Would be interesting to know how much aid arab/western countries sent to Armenians/Palestinians (who were displaced by Azerbaijan (a muslim country))? Do you have any data on that? 3) Of course you won't be able to understand this, but Iran/Hamas has zero interest in peace. Hamas has killed more than enough Palestinian on their own (when they fought against Fatah for the control of the Gaza strip). 4) Palestinians weren't welcome wherever they went (Jordan, Kuwait, Syria). All their muslim neighbors give zero shit about them (just like most people in the west), but they love to pretend that they care when it allows them to use them for criticizing western countries and mainly Israel. Muslim people mostly/only care about the death of other muslim people when it allows them to criticize western countries/Israel and when they can play the victim card. I don't hear much about how Russia treated people in Chechnya, how China treats the Uyghurs, how Myanmar treats the Rohingya or how Saudi Arabia treats the people in Jemen. I also don't hear much about the expulsion of afghan people from Pakistan that is going on right now. 5) Someone who just blindly believes the number of death people provided by Hamas can't be taken seriously. We have seen how believable they are when they lied about the number of people that died in the Gaza hospital blast. 6) There is a simple way to end this "war" (for now): Hamas can release all hostages and all the abductors can be handed over to Israel. As long as they don't do this, they clearly aren't interested in peace and the palestinians clearly aren't either, otherwise they would provide the israeli army with the location of the hostages and the abductors. If palestinians don't free themselves from Hamas they can't complain about Israel needing to rely on force to get back their citizens.

1) Absolutely don't think that you are correct in the case of slalom canoeing. Australia and USA are both competitive in (women's) slalom canoeing. You might be right about handball. 2) Do you want to deny that americans/australians are interested in more sports (since their nations are competitive in more sports than Turkey/India)?

Hopefully not. Warsaw 2044 would most likely mean that the 4 olympics before that (2028 LA, 2032 Brisbane, 2036/2040 ?) didn't take place in Europe, which wouldn't be good from my perspective. Warsaw in 2036 or 2040 would be better. Interesting times ahead anyways, there are many countries that might host their first olympics in the near future: India, Indonesia, Turkey, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Thailand ... Of all those Poland would be the best solution in my opinion. I think in the other countries people would be less excited about sports that aren't their national sports. Not sure how excited indian/turkish people would be about slalom canoeing or handball.

1) Obviously you have no way of knowing if "nobody would have predicted 4 medals at the start of 2020" is true. I understand why you feel the need to act as if your opinion was the only plausible opinion to have, but by using this "strategy" you clearly express that you aren't open to a discussion. 2) We are close to the end of 2023, so 3 years ago doesn't mean "at the start of 2020". 3) Bol was world number 1 in 2020, with a time that puts you in medal contention + she was improving rapidly. 4) If i remember correctly, the Netherlands won 3 medals in sailing/judo at the 2021 olympics, so back then it didn't seem unreasonable to think that athletics might become the 3rd most successful sport if you thought that at least 3 medals would be possible in athletics (2-3 x Hassan + Bol) 5) If you actually wanted to express something different ("But my point is really ..."), then you should have just clarified it instead of trying to defend your original comment.

Don't think that is true. Even back then 4 medals (2-3 x Hassan, heptathlon, Bol) seemed possible and i don't see any other sports (except cycling and rowing) that guarantee 4+ medals. 4+ medals seem also possible in judo/sailing, but 3 or less medals in those sports wouldn't have been a shocking prediction back then.

Germany: Between 30 and 35 medals, continuation of the trend (2012: 44 medals, 2016: 42 medals, 2020: 37 medals) Open water swimming: 1-2 medals Pool swimming: 0-6 medals Archery: 0-3 medals Athletics: 0-6 medals Canoeing slalom: 0-3 medals Canoeing sprint: 2-6 medals Track cycling: 1-6 medals Equestrian: 2-6 medals Field hockey: 0-2 medals Artistic gymnastics: 0-1 medals Rhythmic gymnastics: 0-1 medals Judo: 0-2 medals Modern pentathlon: 0-1 medals Rowing: 0-2 medals Sailing: 0-3 medals Shooting: 0-4 medals Surfing: 0-1 medals Table tennis: 0-3 medals Tennis: 0-1 medals Triathlon: 0-2 medals Wrestling: 0-2 medals

He is a must-watch from day 1. Not sure when/if we ever saw a player like him. LeBron and Curry were/are somewhat similar. I think most people are more excited about watching him than about watching Giannis/Jokic/Doncic/Zion. There probably aren't (m)any athletes in other sports who are this exciting right now. It seems actually possible for him to become an all-star and maybe even DPOY this season already. I can't wait to see him against the american team in Paris next year.

17 year old Felix Lebrun destroying Dang Qiu! Maybe he can challenge the chinese and Harimoto for medal next year.

Valid point. My problem is that they distribute the ads in such a retarded way. I don't want to watch an ad every 60 seconds. I would have no problem if they would have all the ads bunched together, instead of constantly interrupting the video for ads.

1) I think all of your stuff belongs in the politics thread. 2) What is anyone supposed to do with your comments? You don't give any context and post hungarian videos that noone understands.

Maybe Israel should take China as a role model and treat the Palestinians the same way China treated the Uyghurs. Other muslim countries didn't really give a shit when China did it, so i am sure that they won't mind if Israel imitates China. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/17/asia/uyghurs-muslim-countries-china-intl/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide https://time.com/6160282/arab-world-complicit-china-repression-uighurs/ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/un-body-rejects-historic-debate-chinas-human-rights-record-2022-10-06/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/muslim-countries-joined-china-in-defending-its-cultural-genocide-of-uighurs-arent-they-ashamed/2019/07/20/0a7d62b4-aa3f-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/02/muslim-countries-uyghurs-beijing-olympics/621461/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-13/saudi-arabia-russia-support-china-treatment-uyghur-muslims/11306150

Apparently Hamas has enough food for months. Of course they won't consider wasting it on their own people. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/world/middleeast/palestine-gazans-hamas-food.html

I see ... so you realized it and then you hung yourself which lead to a reduced flow of oxygen to your brain ... ?

I think one reason why Israel didn't (strongly) support Ukraine was that they needed russian "permission" to bomb targets in Syria. Will be interesting to see how the Israel-Russia relationship develops after Russia sided with Hamas.

Officially the US is for the two state solution. https://www.npr.org/2023/10/27/1208694837/two-state-solution-israeli-palestinian-conflict I think Hamas is/should be against it. Palestinians used to be in favor for it, but now they seem to lean against it. The younger the palestinians get, the more they are against it, which might indicate that Hamas indoctrinated them to be against it. https://news.gallup.com/poll/512828/palestinians-lack-faith-biden-two-state-solution.aspx With Israelis it is pretty much the same, they used to be in favor of it, but not so much anymore. Arab Israelis are more in favor of it than jewish israelis. https://www.timesofisrael.com/lapid-says-majority-of-israelis-support-two-state-solution-but-poll-finds-otherwise/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-pm-lapid-backs-two-state-solution-with-palestinians-2022-09-22/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/26/israelis-have-grown-more-skeptical-of-a-two-state-solution/ Iran doesn't want a two state solution, but apparently they used to not be against it. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2011/10/2/iran-rejects-two-state-solution-for-palestine https://www.ft.com/content/3042d2cc-3c3e-11db-9c97-0000779e2340 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Palestine_relations Qatar on the other hand seems to be in favor of it. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/2/two-state-solution-needed-for-palestine-qatar-emir-tells-kushner Other arab countries also seem to be in favor of it. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/arab-ministers-urge-israel-to-resume-talks-on-two-state-solution China and Russia also seem to be in favor of a two-state solution. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-sends-envoy-middle-east-sign-ambition-play-104168797 Turkey also seems to be in favor of a two state solution. Turkey is in a very interesting situation, considering that they support a two-state solution for Cyprus but don't want the Kurds to have their own state. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-talks-with-hamas-hostages-nothing-concrete-now-state-media-2023-10-18/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-kurds-idUSKBN0P70QB20150627 So (at least) officially Iran (and therefore Hamas as well) seems to be the only player that is strongly against a two-state solution. Here is how people in Europe and the US think about the current conflict: https://yougov.co.uk/international/articles/45869-attitudes-israel-palestine-conflict-western-europe

Not very invested in this event, but i hope that New Zealand wins. South African rugby/sport in general seems to have a pretty bad doping problem. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-world-cup/2019/09/19/cj-stander-admits-steroids-probably-easy-find-growing-south/ https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/50785122 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/04/world-rugby-sport-rugby-world-cup-drug-testing https://www.reuters.com/sports/south-africa-flyhalf-jantjies-reveals-failed-drug-test-2023-08-26/

Would be a good start to clear the gaza strip. Palestinians should get additional land that borders the West Bank and then they should create their own country there. Historically muslim countries (Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, Egypt) have had very bad experiences with palestinian refugees and therefore they don't want to take them in. Another huge wave of palestinian refugees would only further destabilize the region/Europe. Israel creating a wave of refugees isn't in Europe's best interest. The best thing for palestinians would be to get their own state and if they then continue to attack Israel, Israel will be able to treat them like any other country and take the appropriate measures. It would also give other countries the chance to send palestinian refugees back (which currently isn't possible, since they don't have their own state). https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/07/04/kuwait-plans-palestinian-deportation/1bc9ad57-b493-44c6-bea6-677a294df405/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-08-me-502-story.html https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/why-egypt-and-other-arab-nations-are-hesitant-to-take-in-palestinian-refugees https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-11104284 https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/egypt-arab-countries-unwilling-palestinian-refugees-gaza-104083766 https://www.brookings.edu/articles/addressing-the-palestinian-refugee-problem/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_exodus_from_Kuwait_(1990–91) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_September

The middle east used to be predominantly Christian. Maybe you should ask yourself why/how that changed. https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/arts-blog/how-did-christian-middle-east-become-predominantly-muslim Maybe christians should start asking back for their former lands ...

"Half an ounce of gold. In the 7th century, that’s how much Christians in what is now Syria had to pay for the privilege of living under the protection of the Caliphate. If they didn’t want to pay, they had two other options: they could convert or, as some interpretations of the pact between Muslim rulers and their Christian subjects suggest, “face the sword.” In February, the 20 or so Christian families still living in the northern Syrian town of Raqqa were given the same choice. The cost of protection is now the equivalent of $650 in Syrian pounds ..." https://time.com/57168/christians-and-tyrants/

I don't think that Argentina could be at the same level as Canada or Australia, but Argentina definitely should have a much higher GDP per capita. Canada and Australia (in my opinion) have a better geographical position (proximity to the US/Asia) and also more natural resources + they have the huge advantage of being english speaking countries. Argentina developing closer ties with China/BRICS probably isn't in the best interest of the US/Europe, so Argentina should definitely try to "blackmail" the most out of the US/Europe. Culturally Argentina seems much closer the US/Europe. To me it is interesting that Argentina (apparently) doesn't "attract" a lot of refugees from Venezuela. Maybe it will change if the US (under Trump) becomes less welcoming. Milei will/would have a hard time to get anything done when the institutions are working against him. It takes time to "restructure" the institutions and Milei might not be given the time to do that. It would also be interesting to see what Milei would do about the Falkland Islands situtation. https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/geopolitics-argentina-superpower-wasn-t https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/argentina-and-brics-port-storm-or-geopolitical-launching-pad https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/120342/1/Gonz_lez_Levaggi_M_gica_Navigating_Argentina_s_BRICS_Entry.pdf https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/103960-019-A/mapping-the-world/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2022/06/01/fear-uncertainty-doubt-a-paradigm-shift-for-argentina-geopolitics-and-cryptocurrencies/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391017/total-refugee-population-argentina/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/10/falklands-islanders-rights-respected-if-javier-milei-wins/

Yes, everything is a genocide nowadays ... https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/21/saudi-arabia-mass-killings-migrants-yemen-border https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/02/persecution-driving-christians-out-of-middle-east-report