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Why would that matter? You think it's alright to work for a company supplying the Palestinian genocide as long as you're not working on that specific product line? British aerospace is pretty directly involved there so I'd set my standards a little higher personally.
Okay, so we've moved from "Your products will end up in Israel" to "Your work will benefit a company that benefits from Israeli contracts"
You could've just said "yes, I think that's where the ethical line is", instead of linking logical fallacies wikipedia like a fourteen year old atheist.
We haven't moved anywhere. We were at "working for companies profiting from genocide is wrong" and we've stayed right there.
Except what I'm pointing out is not where I think the ethical line is, I'm pointing out that you're arguing in blatant bad faith because you know your actual position isn't defensible.
This you?
Sorry that you can't remember what you said a whole comment ago.
So what you mean is "If you're working for a major Western company, period, you're in the wrong." Since the list of Western companies that don't do business with Israel is very small.
Yes, that's me. Maybe the bit you're missing is that if you work at a company, the company's products are your products.
No, that's not what I mean, and I'd appreciate you not putting words in my mouth. There is a material difference between providing Israel with military equipment and with some random consumer product that is just distributed everywhere. Sure, I'd argue it's still wrong to do the latter, but it's still a huge difference.
I don't know man. Even cell phones seem pretty dangerous in Israeli hands.
I'll be sure to tell the janitor.
It's like you don't even understand the core moral dilemma of being an engineer working for a military supplier.
So this isn't you?
Or is this not actually where we are or were at, and this line is complete disingenuous bullshit?
Ah, of course, if you're enabling the genocide through non-military means, it's okay. I mean, it's not like supplying Israel with goods frees up more of Israel's resources for military production and action.