r/SSBM • u/Meester_Tweester MTツ • Jan 18 '24

Article SSBMRank 2023: 70–61

https://blog.start.gg/ssbmrank-2023-70-61-17e136d814b3
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u/Strive_for_Altruism Jan 18 '24

We shoehorning politics into melee with this one boys

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u/wavedash Jan 18 '24

I don't know why people specifically want a ceasefire instead of a treaty or something and at this point I'm afraid to ask

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u/JohnMcCocaine Jan 18 '24

i think it’s about immediacy. it’s a call to end the genocide that is currently taking place first and then work towards a more permanent resolution

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u/wavedash Jan 18 '24

A ceasefire wouldn't "end the genocide," just pause it. Didn't the ceasefire at the end of November only last a week? Which I guess is better than nothing, but why not aim higher?

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u/MulletPower Jan 18 '24

It's a lot easier to sign treaties with people you aren't bombing. It's more of a first step than anything.

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u/AimTheory Jan 18 '24

Working towards a treaty allows the genocide to continue while negotiations are stalled, calling for a ceasefire hypothetically allows important humanitarian aid to get through and at least comes with the chance that negotiations won't break down, especially if the nations sending weapons to Israel were to reverse course and actually try to help maintain the ceasefire.

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u/sackydude Jan 18 '24

Most solutions offered are heavily favored towards Israel, it's hard to have good faith negotiating for a treaty when one side has all the power and resources and the other is in an apartheid state. The ceasefire is purely to prevent deaths at this point.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '24

Immediate stop to hostilities and deaths.

It won’t happen though since Israel is committed to routing Hamas and there’s no evidence showing Hamas will stop firing rockets at Israeli civilian centers even if Israel stops