Well, CO is lighter than air. Not a bad idea if carbon monoxide is the immediate threat
itslilith
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Less than a percent of CO kills you, you're thinking of carbon dioxide
As divers can tell you, you gasp from carbon dioxide buildup, not from lack of oxygen. That's why repeatedly breathing in helium to pitch up your voice can be really dangerous, you don't notice your body is out of oxygen. I believe nitrogen has potential for assisted suicide, like in the Swiss case that has gained some controversy recently.
The death penalty, however, is barbaric no matter how it's performed. Cruelty is the point.
Where does it say they played with it?
Pirate party doesn't stand in federal elections, Greens are down with genocide, I don't know what you mean with Labour, but the SPD (social democrats) currently approved more weapons for Israel the day after they fired on UN blue helmets.
There is the Left party, whose general stance is peace and disarmament, but even they won't condemn Israel.
It's not great.
If it's not AMERICAN it doesn't matter
To your edit, what would you have me do? I'm asking honestly. At the moment, I'm voting for the most left wing party on the ballot, but even they are lukewarm when it comes to Palestine. There is no party with a pro Palestine stance.
For the EU election there was, and I've voted for them. I hate electoralism as much as the next gal, but what can we do as individuals?
And they will get less than a percent of votes and be forgotten. I don't like it either.
That's great, I'm sure you're doing important work! But on the ballot in November there are three options:
- Vote for a party that will continue the genocide.
- Vote for a party that will accelerate and expand the genocide.
- Don't vote.
Not voting helps boost republicans, low turnout always has. With the broken FPTP system, voting third party is equivalent to not voting.
The Palestinian cause will unfortunately not be won on the ballot anytime soon. I don't know about you, but for me, the moral satisfaction of not having voted for the Dems is not worth throwing immigrants, gay and trans people, reproductive rights, muslims and other marginalized groups under the bus. And with Project 2025 they've made it abundantly clear what's at stake.
I'm no US citizen, but if I was, I'd vote for Harris in a heartbeat. I'd curse the Dems name for the genocide they're enabling while doing so. But the lives of queer people and immigrants are more important than my moral satisfaction.
As it stands, I'll continue going to protests, supporting boycotts and as much as I can for Palestine over here, before I'll vote for a German party next year that won't free Palestine either. My government is sadly just as guilty as yours, and just like you I don't have a viable party with a strong anti-genocide stance. But I'll not cynically vacate the stage for fascists.
damn, I want a pet terrorist crow
That's not something you vote for, for that you need to take to the streets. But if you can't even be bothered to go that the 10 minutes to prevent the 'worse genocide' candidate taking power, I doubt you'll do that.
You don't need to be enthusiastic about Harris, she'll still support Israel. But Trump literally told Israel to 'finish the job'. Don't pretend they're the same.
Yup. CO2 being the most obvious one