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minus-squarePricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·22 hours agoI don’t understand this post? Make london ww2 again?
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·14 hours agoIt’s highlighting the discrepancy between media reactions to strikes in cities in the global south versus a western city, like London.
minus-squareFiery@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 minutes agoImagine the response if a Muslim nation bombed a school full of white Christian kids.
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoSo east of Europe is now called South? Hmmmmm
minus-squareLodespawn@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·21 hours agoI think that happened during the troubles didn’t it?
minus-squarehorseloaf@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·20 hours agoMost recently, 2005 Wikipedia
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·20 hours agoActually 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsons_Green_train_bombing
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·18 hours agoThere’s quite a bit of difference between an IED in a bucket and a bomb from a military aircraft.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agohow would you charactize the difference?
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 hours agoMilitary hardware causes way more destruction.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoYou are confusing bombs for air strikes.Air dropped bombs account for 2% of war casualties 2015-2024, IEDs 21%, air strikes 45%. The average deaths from any explosive ordinance is roughly 20 per “event” which may include multiple detonations and mixed ordinance.
minus-squarePman@lemmy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 hours agoWhile by number of casualties that may be correct a single military grade bomb can be something as small as a claymore on the onehand to as big as a MOAB which is designed to be the size of explosive as a small nuke without the nuclear fallout.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoCasualties aren’t the only factor here.
I don’t understand this post? Make london ww2 again?
It’s highlighting the discrepancy between media reactions to strikes in cities in the global south versus a western city, like London.
Imagine the response if a Muslim nation bombed a school full of white Christian kids.
So east of Europe is now called South? Hmmmmm
I think that happened during the troubles didn’t it?
Most recently, 2005 Wikipedia
Actually 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsons_Green_train_bombing
There’s quite a bit of difference between an IED in a bucket and a bomb from a military aircraft.
how would you charactize the difference?
Military hardware causes way more destruction.
You are confusing bombs for air strikes.Air dropped bombs account for 2% of war casualties 2015-2024, IEDs 21%, air strikes 45%.
The average deaths from any explosive ordinance is roughly 20 per “event” which may include multiple detonations and mixed ordinance.
While by number of casualties that may be correct a single military grade bomb can be something as small as a claymore on the onehand to as big as a MOAB which is designed to be the size of explosive as a small nuke without the nuclear fallout.
Casualties aren’t the only factor here.
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I stand corrected.