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Aussie105

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3. Ethnic cleansing isn't new.
Tue Jan 2, 2024, 05:12 AM
Jan 2024

If one group despises another, there is a cleansing process.

Deny them employment in 'your' part of the world.
Deny them free access to 'your' part of the world.
Make them wear identification that can be scrutinised at any time.
Deal with any complaints very harshly. Use of deadly force is authorised, always.

If that doesn't drive them away:
Deny them food, water, electricity, fuel, security of shelter.
Encourage disease by withholding medical services.

If that doesn't work, send in the stormtroopers.

If that doesn't clear them out, just start a lot of indiscriminate bombing.

Am I talking about Palestine? Or maybe an earlier conflict elsewhere in the world's history? Quite a few other instances, if you care to look.

A note to some of the above posters:
Yes, we know how we got here.
Yes, we know the solution isn't clear.
But the parties involved, all dozen or so, need to look for the future because the answers sure doesn't lie in the past.

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