i’ve installed it on at least 5 different computers so far. I don’t think its luck.

ah shit.

I thought we disliked colonizers here?

I’m definitely in the minority, but I like windows 11 a lot. Its got a lot of great features that 10 didn’t have. And almost everything that people complain about in windows 11 is pretty easy to turn off or change.

what’s wrong with windows now?

I know people like to trash it, but I’ve used enough linux in my life to appreciate windows. Just not windows update.

I cannot defend the establishment of new settlements in taken territories. All I can say is palastine has had plenty of chances to maintain and keep their territories. Like I’ve said, Israel even tried to hand back large amounts of land, but that was jut followed by palistinian attack. Over and over again Hamas has decided that peace is not the way forward. I don’t believe this is the fault of the average Palistinian though. I believe this is the fault of the palistinian leadership which uses these wars like a piggy bank. Robbing their people of billions in aid money while living in luxury in Quatar and other arab states. They’re not waging these wars because they think they can win. They are doing it because they think they can profit. And I strongly believe, hell, I know, that Russia had a huge hand in pushing Hamas toward Oct 7 in order to distrac the west from Ukraine. If we’re being honest, its was an absolutely masterful move by Putiin because, it 1. distracted from Ukraine and 2. split liberal voters in the west. And I think this really needs to be acknowledged a lot more than it is.

I’ll say this though. I do not believe a two state solution is realistic or possible. The hatred of palistinians toward jews is just too systemically ingrained and indoctrinated. This system of indoctrination of Palistinian youth needs to be completely dismantled for there to be a lasting peace. And I don’t think that will ever happen while a seperate (from Israel) Palastine exists. I think Israel knows this well, and what we’re seeing now is Israel trying to unite the two lands through force. They are trying to end the war for good. Israel and Palestine need to be one nation. And arabs and Israelis need to learn to live in peace. It is the only sustainable path forward.

we could have a big argument on the power dynamics you’re talking about, and I don’t really want to, but I will note the slew of pogroms in the middle east and ask you read about why the Bar Giora was formed. This was not a one sided affair.

and you talk about murdering whole families as if that wasn’t the intent of pogroms. Again, both perspectives need to be taken into account.

as for the stuff about the Judenrates, I don’t really want to play games with you. Tell me what your point is or drop it.

not a fan of false equivalencies.

blocked.

see. i don’t even try to talk to people like you, because the bias is so thoroughly obvious that I know I will never have a rational conversation with someone like you.

anyone who think jews simply existing in israel is reason enough for hamas to invade and indescriminately start slaughtering civilians can go eat a bag of dicks.

and did this guy just blame my ancestors for 9/11?!?

Blocked.

1. Jewish re-colonization began long before the british had any input on the subject. The British were actually trying to stop Jewish migration for a while there. But the re-colonization of Israel by Jews goes back at least as far as the 1200s.
2. There have been war crimes on both sides, and they both need be acknowledged in order to have a good faith conversation. Fact of the matter is that hamas is completely indiscriminate in their targets. There have been more than a few cases of Israeli civilian hostages being flat out raped and / or murdered by their captives during this war. I know of at least 2 instances where israeli hostages were actually killed by doctors.

I don’t know enough about the Judenrates to give an opinion on the subject. It looks like an interesting topic though, so I will read up on it.

edit: on my brief reading abotu Judenrates during wwii i get the distinct impression that these were people thrust into leadership positions that they may or may have not have wanted. They were used by the Nazis to potentially make impossible choices that hurt their fellow community members, but they had to make these choices or else their community would have suffered even more harm. They had to make “lesser of the evils” choices. I imagine these choices often made their community members dislike them, whether or not the Judenrates were making these choices with intention of doing the best they could for their people.

I’m curious where you find a connection between these WWII Judenrates and present day Israel?

I’m going to give an honest answer, but i fully expect to be downvoted and demonized for doing so. Nothing I can do about that, but op, you want an honest answer, this is it. I’ll also add that I would 100% consider myself leftist, in fact, extremely leftist in most of my views. Why the hell would my username be what it is and why the hell would I be on lemmy if I wasn’t… anyway… here’s the answer since you asked for it:

The large majority of jews I know, including myself and my family feel like this current war is the fault of Hamas. Oct 7 doesn’t happen, this war doesn’t happen. We also are continually annoyed by the fact that most people on the left, constantly refuse to acknowledge that Hamas has been pushing this war forward non-stop for decades. All you have to do is look up number of missiles launched at Israel since 2000 to see that. People no-doubt try to rebut this by saying “but Israel has been stealing territory”. My constant response to that is they have been taking territory to establish buffer zones to enhance security. As almost all of this land has been taken after conflict. Israel even tried to give back some of this land, but was then attacked again, and had to take land back in order to protect itself – But eventually our conversation just goes back to why this is even happening and we are always frustrated by the fact that any argument from the left condemning Zionists always begins in 1948 – when in fact the troubles of the region started hundreds of years before that. This pre-1948 history seems to never be brought up however. So the blame is always cast 100% on jews and all of the attacks on Jewish civilians within Israel are never ever given the time of day.

It’s incredibly frustrating and scary, because the narrative is fully turning into “jews are evil”, and there is nothing any Jewish person can do about it. Jews are never going to willingly leave Israel and Hamas is never going to stop trying to eradicate jews. There are only 16ish million jews on the planet and almost 2 billion Muslims. There is no way jews could ever win this propaganda war. I think a lot of jews who feel they are on the left side of the political spectrum are too scared to even speak about their feelings on Israel/Palestine at the moment, because they know they are going to be vastly outnumbered and demonized, by those they would usually consider friends, with anything they say. So most of us are silent on the subject because we don’t want to be ostracized.

I will end this by saying, we of course feel bad for civilians caught in the crossfire, but we feel like Jewish civilians are not given that same respect. The sentiment we get is that Jewish civilians seem to deserve it.

so whats the issue? just declining doesn’t work?

why do you think it takes less time for the nervous system to improve than muscles?

and i’m allowed to think you’re a fucking moron for having an ignorant fucking opinion.

your ignorant perception of anime aside, there are more than a few notable exceptions. You clearly haven’t seen much anime. I do love when people who have no idea what they’re talking about are so opinionated though and so confidently incorrect.

this is a really stupid, ignorant take.

thank you!

i’m just going to point out that in the final episode of onegai teacher, you don’t actually see sex. you just see the teacher trying to seduce the student, but then the teacher disappears (no idea where she goes, but she’s just gone) and then a female student magically teleports in the room.

chobits, the main character is 19 years old.

you pointing out these scenes serves as a great example to what I’m talking about. People blowing shit way out of proportion so they can demonize anime as a whole.

it seems to me a lot of people are just uncomfortable with things from other cultures. they fail to recognize all the shit in their own media and give a fair comparison.

that said, my feelings are that people are far too sensitive, be it to foreign, or more familiar, western media. i think parents often try to baby children far more than they should and some people just like to be angry.

doesn’t require much at all to you people, apparently. the wind blowing the wrong direction seems to draw ire.

my point stands. there are literally thousands of none hentai anime. the ratio of all those anime to those anime that have characters that have sex, even implied sex, is extremely extremely low.

yes there is also ecchi, which also have an extremely low ratio of shows available to shows with characters that are actually sexually active – but you should know what you’re getting into before you turn on the show. if its labeled ecchi, expect ecchi.