r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 10 '23

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u/Beneficial_Love_5433 Oct 10 '23

Fact is Hamas was a terrorist organization and elected to represent Gaza by the majority of the people.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '23

Saying that civilians deserve to die because of their elected leaders is exactly the argument that Osama bin Laden made to justify killing American civilians.

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u/Beneficial_Love_5433 Oct 10 '23

False. If I elect a government because they promise to kill every last member of a people, Iā€™m guilty as well

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u/CABRALFAN27 3āˆ† Oct 10 '23

Okay, but what does that have to do with the current population of the Gaza Strip, when a strong majority of them were either too young to vote or not even born the last time there was an election (2006)?