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muriel_volestrangler

(104,216 posts)
21. Very slowly - for those to whom logic is a new concept
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 02:59 PM
Jul 22

The OP is about "WHO says Israeli forces hit its staff residence and main warehouse in Gaza".

You posted "If, on the other hand, their employees decide to remain in a war zone after repeated warnings to evacuate, they are, according to the Fourth Geneva Convention, the responsibility of Hamas:"
and then quoted to Geneva Convention
"ART. 29. — The Party to the conflict in whose hands protected
persons may be, is responsible for the treatment accorded to them
by its agents, irrespective of any individual responsibility which may
be incurred."
So, you wanted to talk about a "responsibility" of a party in a conflict for "its agents" and their treatment of "protected persons". The protected persons here are the WHO staff and families, and the treatment is the bombing and arresting. The agents are the IDF. That much is obvious to everyone, I reckon. But it's also obvious that the IDF are agents of Israel (government or state, if there's a difference).

So I replied "If that paragraph were relevant, then you would be calling the IDF the agent of Hamas". Notice the "if" at the start of that. It's obvious that the IDF is not an agent of Hamas, so I continued " I assume you're posting stuff at random.". Now it seems that you were posting nonsense on purpose, just to manufacture a nonsensical argument, since you've got nothing else.

You appear to be trying to start a clabby conversation, as defined by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd:

A clabby conversation is one struck up by a commissionaire or cleaning lady in order to avoid any further actual work. The opening gambit is usually designed to provoke the maximum confusion, and therefore the longest possible clabby conversation. It is vitally important to learn the correct use of clixby (q.v.), the response to a clabby gambit, and not to get trapped by a ditherington (q.v.). For instance, if confronted by a clabby gambit such as 'Oh Mr Smith, I didn't know you'd had your leg off', the ditherington response is 'I haven't...' whereas the clixby is 'Good'.

http://meaningofliff.free.fr/definition.php3?word=Clabby&lang=en

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The WHO must evacuate women and children out of an active combat zone. Irish_Dem Jul 22 #1
The WHO is an international health organization, and authoritarian armies don't get to order it around muriel_volestrangler Jul 22 #2
The WHO is being bombed. They need to get the staff families out now. Irish_Dem Jul 22 #3
Yes, Israel BOMBED the WHO and UN. AloeVera Wednesday #27
The world has been quite naive and foolish to trust vicious, ruthless psychopath leaders. Irish_Dem Thursday #32
It's a war zone. WHO needs not to be ordered to take the obvious precautions. Beastly Boy Jul 22 #13
If that paragraph were relevant, then you would be calling the IDF the agent of Hamas muriel_volestrangler Jul 22 #15
Your logic is incomprehensible. Beastly Boy Jul 22 #16
" the treatment accorded to them by its agents" - the treatment here is the bombing and arrests muriel_volestrangler Jul 22 #17
Huh? Beastly Boy Jul 22 #18
Very slowly - for those to whom logic is a new concept muriel_volestrangler Jul 22 #21
Another false presumption Beastly Boy Jul 22 #22
Unbelievable. (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jul 22 #23
The things you discover when reading the whole thing! Beastly Boy Jul 22 #24
Because the IDF detained them! It released all but 1, that one is in the custody of the IDF. Per the article. Eko Wednesday #29
LOL. ForgoTheConsequence Wednesday #31
Jeeze, did you even read it? Eko Wednesday #28
Is there no way to stop Netanyahu? democrank Jul 22 #4
good question...no one can deny that this is crazy Vthestate Jul 22 #6
If a nation or group of nations moniss Jul 22 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Dayenu Jul 22 #12
I don't believe that the US will moniss Jul 22 #19
Post removed Post removed Jul 22 #20
Wow. So much truth and facts here, all in one place! AloeVera Wednesday #30
Release the hostages. Disarm Hamas. Everyone knows how to stop Netanyahu. Beastly Boy Jul 22 #14
reporting like this happens too much to be fabrication Vthestate Jul 22 #5
To my understanding it is illegal for the mjvpi Wednesday #26
Bibi seems to have forgotten BlueMTexpat Jul 22 #7
Okay atreides1 Jul 22 #8
He's not worried, krasnov is in on the scheme to kill/remove forcibly every Palestinian so he can build a tower. lark Jul 22 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Dayenu Jul 22 #10
Great point Scott Alan Swaggerty Wednesday #25
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