Laurence Simon on Second Life war crimes protests

Lair Simon may not be blogging as much as he used to, but his talent hasn’t subsided in the least. Witness:

I was looking through my Flickr stream and came across something I had expected: a series of snapshots by Dancing Ink Productions showing Second Life protests against war crimes in Gaza.

And you know what?

I completely agree with the protesters who say that the war crimes in Gaza should end.

So, what are those war crimes?

Let us count the charges, shall we?

• I agree that the deliberate targeting of Israeli civilians by Hamas is a war crime.
• I agree that the use of residential areas by Hamas to attack Israeli civilians in order to draw retaliatory fire to civilians is a war crime.
• I agree that the recruitment of civilians to act as human shields by Hamas for combatants not in uniform is a war crime.
• I agree that the use of journalists as human shields by Hamas is a war crime.

Read it all.