[bentobean]

I sympathize with some of what the author has to say. That said, Google's choice to do business with Israel does not represent "support for genocide." It is also within their prerogative to dismiss employees who protest company policy.

Naive / biased statements such of these cause me to lend less credence to author's other points.

[alextingle]

> It is also within their prerogative to dismiss employees who protest company policy.

If they are performing their duties adequately, then that's absolutely wrong.

It's also utterly stupid. Employees who think about what they are doing are far, far more valuable than mindless drones.

[bentobean]

Maybe? Maybe not? Regardless, the fact is that companies are within their right to choose who they do business with (or keep in their employ). This is a simple statement of fact.

[superb_dev]

Israel is actively committing a genocide right now. How is doing business with them not support for that?

[xboxnolifes]

Does owning a business in the US mean you support the bad things the US has done?

[superb_dev]

No, but if that business does work for the US then you’re potentially supporting the bad things that they’re currently doing (like aiding and abetting a genocide in Palestine )

[bentobean]

On October 7, 2023, terrorists invaded Israel and killed 1,143 people. Among them - 767 civilians (36 children). Some of them were brutally raped. They then took 251 hostages.

The officially stated goal of Hamas is the destruction of Israel.

War is never pleasant or desirable. That said, Israel has every right to defend itself and to fight for the return of its people.

Your position is that Israel should lay down and die. Any attempt to do otherwise is then disingenuously labeled as “genocide.”

The argument you are making is ridiculous. Fortunately, most people recognize that.

[superb_dev]

My position is that Israel is recklessly killing anyone and everyone with little discretion. They are not at war with Hamas, they’re removing everyone in Palestine that they don’t like (oh and sometimes the hostages they’re supposedly trying to save[1]).

They’ve killed innocent civilians[2], health workers[3], and journalists[4] all in record numbers. They have not shied away from war crimes and humanitarian abuses [5].

Israel has every right to defend itself, but this has gone so far beyond that. There is no action that justifies this brutal of a reaction.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-troops-kil...

[2] https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/04/gaza-israeli-strike-kill...

[3] https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/seven-months-re...

[4] https://cpj.org/2024/07/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-...

[5] https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-af...

[bentobean]

Your statement is false. Saying it does not make it so.

[superb_dev]

Saying that my statement is false doesn’t make it so either ;)