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Cake day: June 21st, 2023
  • DrYes@kbin.socialtoScience Fiction@kbin.social•Harrison Ford’s blaster from 'Star Wars: A New Hope' sets Guinness World Record at auction
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    11 months ago

    Wanted to save you a click and write what record was actually set. Article doesn’t mention it.
    It’s not most expensive SW prop

    a miniature X-Wing starfighter from “A New Hope” sold for over $2.3 million in June

    So it might be most expensive firearm prop, but we are left in the dark…
    The article’s author also doesn’t know anything about props:

    The original prop gun was modeled after the Mauser C96 broom handle pistol used by Frank Sinatra in “Naked Runner,” and was built by “Star Wars” set decorator Roger Christian and armorer Carl Schmidt. It has gone on to be dubbed the “Hero” prop and is considered one of the most recognizable weapons in cinema history.

    A hero prop is just the name for a prop that’s seen in close-ups or is important.

  • DrYes@kbin.socialtoWorld News@kbin.social•European Union must face legacy of colonialism and support reparations, say MEPs (Members of the European Parliament)
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    11 months ago

    Let’s say your great-great grandfather stole bricks from a victim to build a factory that you now own and that provides a nice living. Because of that the victim was not able to build a factory and their descendants are poor.
    Let’s say this crime is very well documented.
    Did you do the crime? No. Are you reaping the benefits of the crime? Yes.
    Should you give that factory to the descendants? Should you be required to help the poor descendants? Would it be a nice gesture to help the poor descendants?
    Nobody is asking for the factory. People are asking for a bit of help because it’s clear that you are still reaping the benefits of a crime that was perpetrated by an ancestor and the victims descendants are still feeling the repercussions of that crime.

  • DrYes@kbin.socialtoNews@kbin.social•Amnesty International finds "damning evidence of war crimes" as Israeli attacks wipe out entire families in Gaza
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    1 year ago

    Very important report, but this case is baffling

    Ismail al-Naqla, Mohammed’s brother and the father of Abdel Karim, told Amnesty International that their next-door neighbour received a call from the Israeli military at around 10:30am, warning that his building was about to be bombed. Ismail and Mohammed and their families left the building immediately, as did their neighbours. By 3:30pm, there had been no attack, so the al-Naqlas and others went home to collect necessities. Ismail explained that they had thought it would be safe to do so as five hours had elapsed since the warning, though they planned to leave again very quickly.

    But as they were returning to their apartments, a bomb struck the building next door, destroying the al-Naqlas’ home and damaging others nearby. Mohammed and his family were still in the courtyard of their building when they were killed.

    If you were warned that your home was a target why return with a bunch of children?

    though they planned to leave again very quickly.

    They knew it was still dangerous. If you need to get stuff from your home, your 3 and 5 year olds won’t help with that. Leave them with Ismail and get capable adults to get in and out quickly. If your decision making in the face of risks is based on inshallah, if God wills it, then you can’t complain if your God willed it.

    This is all fucked up and their home should probably not have been a target in the first place. But they knew it was and brought their children there.

    This is probably victim blaming but the decisions made in this case were very bad. Though of course it doesn’t absolve the perpetrators.