• Xhieron@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I know we’re all cynics here, but good for him. Even if this is entirely a publicity stunt, the guy is still taking a huge risk that someone might offer to take him up on it. That’s a lot of nerve, and that’s a lot of faith, either in God or in the way Hamas values hostages.

    Either way, to repeat the notion elsewhere in the thread: any of us offering? Maybe it’s a low risk–but it ain’t zero. It’s easy to dismiss these kinds of gestures from the same armchairs from which we solve geopolitics and warfare, but a public figure going on record for selflessness is something to be celebrated, even if the only noble trait is willingness to roll the dice on human nature in the hope of sharing an altruistic sentiment.

    “Hurt me instead of her” is something we wish more people of faith would say everywhere.

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      1 year ago

      Yes good for him. And good for the world if we get some music festival kid back and lose a priest. Win-win.

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      1 year ago

      Most of the hostages that have been released have been saying pretty good things publicly, so I guess now is as good a time as any lol