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Q: What do you do for a living?

A: I call people to tell them they should get out asap because their neighborhood will be destroyed

"I just follow my orders"

Naturally, in an ideal world no houses would ever be bombed. But given the status quo we are in, my question is: would you prefer they don't call?

> But given the status quo we are in

Why that’s a given? Why should we not try to demand a correction on the root cause of the issue instead of just accepting poor patches on top?

By all means demand the world peace. But while it's not there yet, back to my original question?

In fact often they do not call, as reported by sources on the ground. But even if they called always, tell me, would it be ok for you to receive a call ordering you to abandon your home and belongings within an hour, pending its destruction? Does that make it humane?

Naturally it's not something I'd be looking for. But on continuum of bad things to possibly happen it's far ahead of slowly dying under concrete rubble.

"The war crimes and genocide could be worse, so why is anyone complaining?"

The poster I replied to has suggested the man giving the heads up on bombings should not be doing that: that's what "I just followed orders" sarcastic line implies. Do you agree with that?

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