Israelis deserve peace, and Palestinians definitely deserve better

Absolutely with you!

But it is their responsibility as a people to make their situation better.

Ok, hang on…

What do you mean by this? Whose responsibility? Palestinians? They have a responsibility to improve their situation…

Israel is an occupying force. Surely Israeli forces and settlers should leave occupied West Bank to start with. Then there can be a discussion about how Palestinians can improve their situation.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/6/who-are-israeli-settlers-and-why-do-they-live-on-palestinian-lands
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/09/1141572
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/18/these-are-biblical-lands-promised-to-us-jewish-settlers-in-west-bank-hope-gaza-conflict-will-help-their-cause

I would argue this is still genocide, just not at a rapid rate:

https://www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-releases/starvation-as-weapon-of-war-being-used-against-gaza-civilians/

2.2 million people are unable to access a consistent supply of food!

For some reason you can’t have a reasonable discussion in this thread. I agree with everything you’ve said above.

Come on. There’s quite a difference between the police following the law, and people being lead to their death.

If you disagree with the police following the law, what alternative would you suggest?

Some great answers above/below:

• ACAB - of course! ALL cops!
• Cops work for the billionaire class. They do the bidding of their masters - yep, sure
• Police protect property, not people - so true

/s

The police are there to enforce the law. Are all police officers perfect, no. Is anyone perfect, no.

My point being, you should want the police to follow the law and enforce it. From the article, they were enforcing a law around the Public Order Act.

So doesn’t the problem really exist with those who make the law, not those who enforce it?

(Ok, I’ll get off my high horse now)

Nice to hear a balanced view - thank you!

Probably this guy on the TV programme Take Me Out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzyvLf0V3qs

Wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to reply! And thanks for offering to answer more questions.

I’m working with two other people doing research, so I’ll pass this on to them and let you know what they think.

Massive thanks again!

No Stupid Questions… I’ll update the post :)

Hello!

What kind of researcher posts a five-question-questionnaire on Lemmy?

I’m not a professional researcher or anything, just someone looking to do research in this area. I thought there might be people on Lemmy who wanted to share their story or experiences.

Who are you and who employs you? What is your agenda?

I am cman6. I’m not comfortable disclosing person information about my employer. I stated my agenda… “The research project we are working on is looking into all aspects of food banks from someone deciding to donate, to storing the donations, to people receiving them, and seeing if there is some way to improve what is being donated and/or the quantities.”

Is this an undergraduate thesis?

Nope

Where else did you post your questionnaire? Are you accounting for selection bias?

This is the only place I’ve posted it so far. I’m not concerned about selection bias to be honest, although I am aware of it. I’m just looking for anecdotal information.

Why do you not use a questionnaire service like survey monkey?

I just thought this would be faster. Plus I wanted to keep things informal.

These are all yes/no questions and no questions regarding background, sex, age, income, etc. What kind of conclusions do you think you will be able to draw from that?

Well I don’t have any experience going to a food bank so I was hoping to gather a general idea of what that might be like.

Cheers!

I didn’t study the article but it sounds like the idea is that the AM amplifier will cause an induced current in the speaker. No idea if that’s true or not though