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SOL-Cantus t1_jdv74jr wrote

Neither are the same race because race doesn't exist. We're all the same species. They're separate ethnicities with a common core religion (Abrahamic faith) separated into similar branches.

The difference between them is that Israel is an occupying force instead of an immigrating force. The day Israelies choose to treat Palestinians as equals and give back stolen land is the day that peace can have a chance.

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fd1Jeff t1_jdv6f7r wrote

  1. Tremendous corruption. More and more corrupt people in governments, corporations, and other institutions. This is worldwide. Things like the Panama papers and so on show how bad this is. The saying about Washington DC from 20 years ago: “corruption isn’t some conspiracy; corruption is the culture.“. When there are problems, you have incompetent crooks in charge who don’t care about the public interest at all.
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GoliathTCB t1_jdv3v4e wrote

With the rumoured info available, here's my take: a gas leak caused an initial, smaller explosion and subsequent fire, that initial explosion's concussive blast disturbed what had previously been settled cocoa dust across rafters/pipes/vent shafts, and when this cloud of dust was sparked, the entire building became a pressure bomb in effect.

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shewy92 t1_jdv2xp4 wrote

You know that sugar can be explosive, right? And chocolate has sugar in it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Georgia_sugar_refinery_explosion

>On 7 February 2008, fourteen people were killed and forty injured during a dust explosion at an Imperial Sugar owned refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia, United States. Dust explosions had been an issue of concern among U.S. authorities since three fatal accidents in 2003, with efforts made to improve safety and reduce the risk of reoccurrence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_explosion

>A dust explosion is the rapid combustion of fine particles suspended in the air within an enclosed location. Dust explosions can occur where any dispersed powdered combustible material is present in high-enough concentrations in the atmosphere or other oxidizing gaseous medium, such as pure oxygen. In cases when fuel plays the role of a combustible material, the explosion is known as a fuel-air explosion.

>?Dust explosions are a frequent hazard in coal mines, grain elevators, and other industrial environments. They are also commonly used by special effects artists, filmmakers, and pyrotechnicians, given their spectacular appearance and ability to be safely contained under certain carefully controlled conditions.

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