Hi Yuyutsu,
From your article:
"Some of the Hamas militants who attacked southern Israel on October 7 were fueled by a synthetic amphetamine called Captagon, which U.S. and Israeli officials believe..."

'believe'?

I did however come across similar info.
I don't find it unreasonable that Hamas could've been on amphetamine-based stimulants.

Hamas Killers in Israel Reportedly Fueled by Captagon
http://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/10/21/hamas-killers-in-israel-reportedly-fueled-by-captagon/

Hi Random,
"I had no idea you had the drug tests on the assassins. You must be either well connected or just pull information that suits you out of your rectum."
- This isn't facebook, no need to go bullet a gate with hate.
You're getting closer to me asking you 'very politely' to stop being a jerk.
Did you ever hear the story about the old bull and the young bull?

"Then at some stage you have to make a call, do you let the forum die because it is so hard to use, or upgrade and keep it running?"

It's not our call to make, you're preaching to the wrong choir.
We're all just commenters here the same as you.
It's up to the forum owner to decide what he wants to do with the forum going forward.
It doesn't have all the features that come with modern forum software and more advanced text editors, and the site looks somewhat outdated, but it's not that difficult to use.

It could be better, sure.
But it still works and still does the job originally intended.
I agree with you in that OLO could be more than it is and could attract further commenters.

"Given the right wing agenda here, maybe you should just let it age out, like most of the posters will."
- This probably just reflects the fact that most commenters here are older Australians, and not the brainwashed university indoctrinated.
You're more than entitled to your opinion on any given topic, just as other commenters are entitled to theirs.

US could stop funding UN over Palestine – Reuters
The General Assembly is expected to vote on a draft resolution backing Palestine as eligible for full membership
http://www.rt.com/news/597170-us-palestine-un-funding/

>>The US government could suspend all funding for UN agencies if a resolution recognizing Palestine as qualifying for full membership is adopted, Reuters has reported.<<

- Seems like the US (and it's bought-and-paid-for corrupt congress with AIPAC money) is blackmailing the whole entire world over Palestine.

>>“It remains the US view that the path toward statehood for the Palestinian people is through direct negotiations,” Evans said.<<

How the hell do the Palestinians negotiate?
- Seems more like they're supposed to die or be quiet while Israel conducts its decades long land theft and genocide project...
Truth be told.

Hi Fester,

"Concentration camps didn't have Jewish guards."
- The ones in Palestine do.

"They didn't bring up their kids to believe it their religious and civil duty to exterminate a people."
- The settlers raise their kids with a mind to kill the Palestinians, don't fool yourself into thinking they don't.
They're as equally hateful and radical at heart as anything on the other side.

They didn't have tunnel networks containing military hardware used to kill people outside the border.
- They don't need to, they have F-35's and the United States smart bombs as well as their UNSC veto, and all because Israel has US Senators in their pockets, and AIPAC doesn't have to register as a foreign agent.

"They didn't conduct raids on the surrounding people, raping, murdering, mutilating, taking hostages, then returning to their homes to celebrate their atrocities and be lauded for them."
- Are you sure about that one?
Maybe because it's being going on for decades you've allowed yourself to think it isn't happening when it is.

Nor did Albo and PenPen use Australian taxpayers money to fund the terrorism and abusive indoctrination of children via donations to UNRWA.
- No but they did use taxpayers money to provide weapons to Israel and support against the Houthis which resulted in effectively assisting the Israelis in their murder of thousands of kids in Israels genocide.

And cutting the funding to UNRWA showed a willingness to assist Israel and take sides in a humanitarian crisis - with respect to Israels forced starvation and withholding of essential medicine;
- Even though there was no guarantee the food, water or medicines would've even been allowed in by the genocidal Israaeli government anyway.

There will never be peace if people can't be honest about the true state of affairs?

"Concentration camps did not have Jewish guards?"

That's actually not true.

Google - "Kapos" and do your research.

Historically, the facts are that:

Both the NKVD and the Gestapo used informers, collaborators,
and assistants from among the very people they set out to
enslave or destroy. Some assisted voluntarily, while
others collaborated because of fear or weakness.

There were also, of course, numerous courageous men and
women who refused to participate in the subjugation and
destruction of the targeted groups and individuals.

There were Christians who died in their attempts to save
Jews. There were Jews who interceded with their lives to
save persecuted Christians.

These people both Christians and Jews died, some along
with their entire families, or accepted their fates in
concentration camps rather than betray their fellow human
beings. Some are known, but most perished and are known
only to God. These heroes embody human nobility in its
highest form and they stand as beacons to the otherwise
bleak history of World War II.

In order to better understand the Israel/Palestine conflict
The following two books are recommended:

"The Political Laboratory," by Antony Loewenstein.
Which won the People's Choice Award at the 2024 Victorian
Premier's Literary Awards.

"A Day in the Life of Abed Salama," by Nathan Thrall.
Which won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction.

"Google - "Kapos" and do your research."

Thanks Foxy. Paid up members of the Gestapo were they? More like terrified people doing anything to survive the brutality of blood lusting fanatics. Kapos were recruited from the camp inmates. They were informants, not SS recruits, and very much a minority compared to the SS guards. "The camps weren't run by Jews." would be a better statement, and like the other statements, I doubt it would have attracted comment from you.

Fester,

Read my entire post.

I can't be held responsible for your lack of understanding
in what I write.