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dataflowyesterday at 7:54 AM1 replyview on HN

>>> Nobody rational would kill another person for no reason, but a soldier will bomb a village for the sake of their nation’s geostrategic position.

>> There are plenty of e.g. countries that don't bomb others, especially not for "no reason". (!)

> Show me a country that doesn’t bother other countries — ever

Do you by any chance happen to feel like you may have moved the goalposts by at least a tiny inch?


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IAmBroomtoday at 12:32 AM

The only thing that moved is the word "rational".

Soldiers do things out of loyalty, training, or fear - none are "rational" decisions.

And I can't name a country that doesn't bomb/attack others. Monaco? Switzerland? Tuvalu?