IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to Crazy Fucking Videos@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago[Video] British journalist Steve Sweeney bombed by Israel while reporting in Lebanoni.imgur.comvideomessage-square224linkfedilinkarrow-up1682arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up1672arrow-down1video[Video] British journalist Steve Sweeney bombed by Israel while reporting in Lebanoni.imgur.comIndustryStandard@lemmy.world to Crazy Fucking Videos@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square224linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
minus-squareJack@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·1 month ago just cant help This assumes that the bomb accidentally fell there. This was a targeted strike.
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoNot the way I worded it. I said they cant help but target innocent, civilians and journalists
minus-squareJack@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoAh I see, I am just unfamiliar with the expression it seems.
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoNo worries! Not sure why you got so many downvotes for a clear misunderstanding
minus-squarethethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI tend to downvote misunderstandings so that people realize that something is wrong with the statement
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoAs the OP said: “just can’t help but” is a negation of what you quoted. It’s like saying they “can’t not target [innocents]”
This assumes that the bomb accidentally fell there. This was a targeted strike.
Not the way I worded it. I said they cant help but target innocent, civilians and journalists
Ah I see, I am just unfamiliar with the expression it seems.
No worries! Not sure why you got so many downvotes for a clear misunderstanding
I tend to downvote misunderstandings so that people realize that something is wrong with the statement
As the OP said: “just can’t help but” is a negation of what you quoted.
It’s like saying they “can’t not target [innocents]”