‘More killing won’t bring back lost lives’: Tal Mitnick, 18, on going to prison instead of joining IDF

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[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Well said. I feel as though society, in the US at least, was in a good place with this in the 90s. And now it's gone to someplace strange that is an over-shoot of the previous corrections. I think it will balance out eventually, but the internet is also giving humanity an ugly look at itself in the mirror in a completely new way, and we collectively are still figuring out how to deal with this.

[–]hfxB0oyA 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Hopefully we can get to a better state of society with as little Robespierre as possible on the way there.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Agreed. I hope in a decade or two we're on a better track, and I hope in 200 years people look at this era and see it as uncivilized as how we look at the 1800s compared to the present day. With the broad availability of so much information, I have to hope it's just a matter of time until wise behavior becomes organized in to lasting global cultural movements.

[–]hfxB0oyA 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Great talking with you, man.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Same, conversations like that are why I made saidit. Thank you.