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[flagged] Paul Graham wrote "31 Israeli and at least 3600 Palestinian children killed" (globes.co.il)
9 points by pg_1234 on Nov 7, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 11 comments



I don't get it, are those numbers disputed?


I think the only legitimate dispute would be that maybe more Israeli children were killed in the Oct 7 attacks? That seems like a reasonable and probably accurate criticism to me.

The article doesn't seem that well-written and seems a little all over the place.


A quick search revealed that the Israeli government has not released the number of children killed in the October 7 attacks. Which is kind of odd...


It was missing the context.


A lot of the statements that we've all seen have mourned only the Israeli dead, and have said zero about the death of Palestinian innocents or the "context" of the conflict, so I just don't see this as being a particularly legitimate or persuasive criticism.


https://www.ochaopt.org/data/casualties :

  2008-2023

  PF: 6,407
  IF: 308
  PI: 152,560
  II: 6,307
.

  2023-10
  IF: 1400
  IH: 200

  2023-11-07
  PF: 10,000
  PC: 4,000

  PD: 880,000
https://apnews.com/article/un-resolution-vote-israel-hamas-g...

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-11-6-2023-5...

USD in aid spent per child killed (per conflict, per party)

(Meanwhile thousands of kids have been taken from Ukraine to Russia, too)


I'm honestly not sure what point you are trying to make to me or what those abbreviations even mean


It was a tweet (or whatever they're called now), how much context could you fit in one of those?


Maybe a URL? A shortened one?


Ever since the war in Vietnam, I have detested "body count."

One is too many, and comparisons lack humanity.

People are not numbers.


[sigh/]

Stay away from the 3rd rail, Paul. You can't make the world any better that way, but you can certainly make your own life worse.




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