There have been zero reported deaths or serious injuries today from people running to shelters.
not true. i remember clearly cases (including one that was caught on video in sderot) of ppl being seriously injured while running for shelter
just google נפצע בריצה למרחב מוגן and u fill find plenty of such reported cases including videos
There has been a report of lives saved from running to shelters.
100% true. i never denied that
And yes, I have no problem with many of those cases including the law of return.
phew!
The point which you attempted to dispute is that from an Arab point of view it's unfair.
i dont attempt to dispute that. my point is that life on planet earth in general, and specificaly in the middle east isnt always fair.
the arabs understand that even better than me and u. they all know they are being treated much more fairly here than in any other arab country.
it isnt fair that 6 million jews were killed in europe. and it isnt fair that i have to fight daily not to get killed.
it isnt "fair" that god gave eretz yisroel to the jews, but too bad.
when jews do not stutter while saying that, the arab, who has a very healthy understanding of how things work around the middle east, backs down quickly.
its when the jew starts stuttering that the arab raises his head.
I'm happy you conceded that argument
i dont recall conceding anything
I don't bother positing counterarguments to positions that are so blatantly kooky anybody reading them realizes so at once.
its nice that u say my argument is kooky, but for the ones who arent as smart as u plz explain.
ill explain my side.
jerusalem for example is 125,420,000 square meters
what do u think is the range in meters that a rocket can do u damage?
lets give it even 1000 meters לחומרא? i dont think its anywhere near that, but for the fun lets say...
basic math says that would mean u have a 1/125,420 chance of getting hurt by a rocket that is heading to jerusalem w/o having any info as to where in jerusalem it may land
add to that the chances that iron dome intercepts the rocket or that its a false alarm
there were 341 ppl KILLED in car accidents in israel in 2019, thats 1 out of every 26,392 ppl in the country. forget about injuries.
i dont dispute that many ppl may have been saved by running to shelters, im just saying that when i am personally doing whatever im doing, i dont feel the need to run madly to a bomb shelter merely bec i heard the siren go off. 1/125,420 is not a number that scares a sensible person, especially when he actually puts himself into a minor risk by joining the wild running scene
it's well established that masks and lockdowns prevent covid illness.
i dont know the facts, although i do know that for some reason most liberals agree with that and most conservatives argue it.
to me that means that the argument is not factual but political.
assuming that u are correct, that still doesnt change my mind.
i dont disagree with the scientific numbers here, i just think that one can sensibly argue that the price of lost life and liberty caused by lockdowns is a higher price to pay than the loss of life from covid.
i know it sounds cruel, but i believe it is a valid argument. u can argue with it, but it definitely isnt kooky.
again, im not a covid denier, i just find it hard to believe that lockdowns are the way to deal with the situation.
I'm sure you're next 'sensible argument' is that doctors kill more patients than they heal, and seatbelts hurt more people by preventing them from escaping cars.
i regularly visit doctors and i take my children as well. my children are all up to date on all their vaccines.
i wear a seatbelt 99.99% of the time, as do my kids.
It's sad that your disregard for senseless populist hogwash universally accepted safety precautions is so widespread in our community that nobody has the power to stop obviously dangerous events like Meron from taking place.
i recognized the dangers of overcrowding in meron on lag baomer 15 years ago already, and take the necessary precautions every year.
the past 2 years were actually the only times in my life where i entered the tzion on lag baomer, i felt safe doing that because unfortunately there wasnt many ppl inside when i cane there. all other years i made the trip and davened from outside the building. specifically because of the dangers of overcrowding
sorry to debunk your theory of me being some wild conspiracy theory believer, covid denier, anti vaccinist, israel did 9/11'er and whatever else
i just dont buy everything im fed, thats all