Stop the Ignorance!

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Botswana: Botswana is doing VERY well for an African country. THey're ranked as the least corrupt African country, similar to Portugal, and they're in the top 60-70 in the world when it comes to GDP per capita. Pro-Western government.

Botswana got the kind of deal on its natural wealth that all similar countries would have been due. And has a very low population.

And that's its wealth. In other words, its much like Argentina before it was destroyed.

Very high HIV/AIDS rate though. A very good country.

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Throwing rocks at illegitimate squatters (oops I mean settlers), or police is not taking part in a fight.

Would you like me to throw rocks at you, so you can see what it's like? I don't think so.

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Having rocks thrown at you is unpleasant obviously, but saying that doing so makes one some sort of combatant and a legitimate target for lethal force sounds pretty cold-hearted to me unless you think it's legitimate to open fire on schoolchildren doing it on a playground.

Unpleasant? It can kill you.

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Having rocks thrown at you is unpleasant obviously, but saying that doing so makes one some sort of combatant and a legitimate target for lethal force sounds pretty cold-hearted to me unless you think it's legitimate to open fire on schoolchildren doing it on a playground.

Unpleasant? It can kill you.

In an armored troop carrier? Not likely.

If you're sticking your head out of the turret, it can.

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Cite some incidents of Israeli soldiers killed by rocks.

I wasn't actually talking about soldiers. You said settlers, I pointed out that rocks hurt when they hit you.

Many police officers in my country have been injured by rocks and masonry being thrown at them.