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Literally hundreds of civilians killed to rescue 4 hostages. I don’t know what happened but I can guarantee we will be hearing more about it.

Not a huge fan of the title but this is breaking news and I think the AP can be trusted to at least get the basics right.

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How many people would you be willing to let the military kill to rescue your child who had been taken hostage?

My answer is “anyone who gets in the way”

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Let’s take it to an extreme. By this logic, you’d be okay with killing everyone on earth to rescue your child. This includes me and my children. This is insane.

To answer directly I wouldn’t be okay with the military killing hundreds of civilians to save anyone of my family, myself included. Not sure where my number is but it’s at least an order of magnitude lower.

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I don’t see that as insane at all. Why should I put anyone else’s lives above my own children?

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And now imagine you were on the opposite side. How would you feel if someone kills your child, in the pursuit of saving their own? Would you still be so cool?

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I can guarantee we will be hearing more about it.

Huh? Ratios of 300 innocents per 1 terrorists killed are now the norm and we are definitely not hearing more about. It gets buried by the next “accident” where by “accident” destroy a hospital/school/refugee camp full of people

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I don’t see a problem with the title. That’s literally what happened. It makes no judgments.

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Why are we still using the word “scores”

Edit for the haters: go ask someone tomorrow how much a “score” is. Most people would have to look it up, which makes it inappropriate for a headline where “hundreds” is more appropriate.

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Because “dozens” is less than “scores?”

12 < 20.

What would be better?

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Why not

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I think it feels reminiscent of an explainer and that kind of gives me the ick. Maybe I’m being silly though

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