IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to Crazy Fucking Videos@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago[Video] British journalist Steve Sweeney bombed by Israel while reporting in Lebanoni.imgur.comvideomessage-square223linkfedilinkarrow-up1689arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1678arrow-down1video[Video] British journalist Steve Sweeney bombed by Israel while reporting in Lebanoni.imgur.comIndustryStandard@lemmy.world to Crazy Fucking Videos@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square223linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJack@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·4 months ago just cant help This assumes that the bomb accidentally fell there. This was a targeted strike.
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 months agoNot the way I worded it. I said they cant help but target innocent, civilians and journalists
minus-squareJack@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoAh I see, I am just unfamiliar with the expression it seems.
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoNo worries! Not sure why you got so many downvotes for a clear misunderstanding
minus-squareTheThunderWolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoI tend to downvote misunderstandings so that people realize that something is wrong with the statement
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoAs the OP said: “just can’t help but” is a negation of what you quoted. It’s like saying they “can’t not target [innocents]”
This assumes that the bomb accidentally fell there. This was a targeted strike.
Not the way I worded it. I said they cant help but target innocent, civilians and journalists
Ah I see, I am just unfamiliar with the expression it seems.
No worries! Not sure why you got so many downvotes for a clear misunderstanding
I tend to downvote misunderstandings so that people realize that something is wrong with the statement
As the OP said: “just can’t help but” is a negation of what you quoted.
It’s like saying they “can’t not target [innocents]”