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In France, Most Comments on Gaza Conflict Yanked From Mainstream News Sites
An anonymous reader writes with
an unpleasant statistic from France, quoting David Corchia, who heads a service employed by large French news organizations to sift through and moderate comments made on their sites. Quoting YNet News:
Corchia says that as an online moderator, generally 25% to 40% of comments are banned. Moderators are assigned with the task of filtering comments in accordance with France's legal system, including those that are racist, anti-Semitic or discriminatory. Regarding the war between the Israelis and Hamas, however, Corchia notes that some 95% of online comments made by French users are removed. "There are three times as many comments than normal, all linked to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," added Jeremie Mani, head of another moderation company Netino. "We see racist or anti-Semitic messages, very violent, that also take aim at politicians and the media, sometimes by giving journalists' contact details," he added. "This sickening content is peculiar to this conflict. The war in Syria does not trigger these kinds of comments."
The main difference is that there while in Syria we are talking about a guy who just wants to stay in power, in the case of Israel, it is just a case of them pushing people away to take their lands. But hey, if you support the genocide that is taking place in Palestine by using the genocide in Syria as an excuse, there is no point in a discussion.
The problem is that in terms of mathematical relativity, the fighting in Gaza is not a terribly important ongoing conflict.
There are an *exponentially* larger number of ongoing casualties in Syria. Where is the outrage?
There are more ongoing casualties in Sudan, Pakistan and other non-reported conflicts as well. Where are the street protests?
Selective outrage is inherently indicative of a motivation *other* than humanitarian concern.
Great stats here: http://notquant.com/the-israel...
We must care about civilian casualties. But we must not care more about some casualties over others.
You are right, there should be outrage wherever there is holocaust and genocide. I think the difference here is in the hypocrisy of the Israelis given their own treatment at the hands of those more powerful than themselves. Or perhaps the difference is in how one sided this conflict is, with Israel effectively slaughtering the Palestinians like cattle in a pen.
"More children than Palestinian fighters are being killed in the offensive on Gaza, according to the latest United Nations statistics
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
"...a conflict that has claimed more than 1,000 Palestinian lives, mostly civilians. Around 40 Israelis, most of the soldiers, have also been killed."
http://www.france24.com/en/201...
The Israelis are doing to the Palestinians what the Germans did to them, if in smaller numbers.
I do not support Hamas' methods at all, and so I do not support Hamas.
I also do not support Israel's complete disregard for (non-Jewish) civilian human life.
blindly antisocialist = antisocial