‘Fired point-blank’: Survivors of Israel’s school massacre in Gaza
www.aljazeera.com
At least seven bodies of displaced Palestinians ‘shot point-blank’ were recovered at the Shadia Abu Ghazala School.
  • ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    14·
    9 months ago

    People here really will just believe anything anyone says as long as it supports their worldview. This place is no different from Reddit.

  • this_1_is_mine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    126·
    9 months ago

    Not to be nit picky but point blank is “within lethal range”. If it can kill you it is within point blank range. You could be half a mile away and still be within point blank range.

    • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      9 months ago

      According to Oxford Dictionary (via Google), point blank means “very close”. This would be the layman’s definition.

      The official definition (per Wikipedia) is close enough to not have to compensate for the effects of gravity on the bullet when aiming.

      So no, it’s not “within lethal range”.

      • this_1_is_mine@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        9 months ago

        Who’s defending what now. I just want people to use the correct wording. Stop using words you think you know. Keep it simpler. I’m so tired of reading trigger words just because they help the Luddites.

        • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Point blank by civilian definition is barrel close enough to the skin for the flash to burn it. By military definition it’s about 25 meters. You’re the one fucking with semantics to defend war crimes.

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1156·
    9 months ago

    Bruh. Slow down with the posting. You’re overwhelming the feed and providing Lemmy users a terrible experience.

    • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      333·
      9 months ago

      Please explain, how does posting content provide a “terrible experience”?

      • norbert@kbin.social
        413·
        9 months ago

        You have to space them out or post them to different (relevant) places or it just becomes spam at some point.

        • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
          142·
          9 months ago

          (relevant)

          This is World News, yes? Sometimes there’s a lot of news about a topic… 🤷‍♂️ People dying and being ethnically cleansed and children being bombed to smithereens and y’all are like “😢 there’s ten posts on this sub from a single user and I won’t have it ☹️☹️☹️”

          Fuck’s sake, guys.

      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        212·
        9 months ago

        If you’re subscribed to this community, the hot sort was overwhelmed by your posts. Of all the communities I’m subscribed to, I was only seeing pages of your posts.

        • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          9 months ago

          You have me confused with OP.

          But either way, that doesn’t have to be a bad thing? It’s temporary, right? Doesn’t happen everyday, does it?

          Even if it does, they are posting relevant world news, which is the topic of the sub… I seriously don’t see the problem. Would it have been okay if it were from different users? Would it then just have been considered “high activity” and a positive thing? I just, do not get it.