Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

  • CannonFodder@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    arrow-down
    79
    ·
    4 days ago

    Of course this isn’t acceptable. But it’s hardly a balanced report. For instance, she’s 22 - hardly a little girl.

    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      20
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      3 days ago

      22 is young, my dude. Isn’t that the tragedy we’re meant to learn from 2 world wars, that war is a meat grinder for the young?

      • CannonFodder@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        11
        ·
        3 days ago

        Oh, so there was another Greta on the boat who was bigger, and they just used big/little to distinguish?
        Or were they trying to imply Greta is physically weak, or fits in small places? Wft does is make a difference if she’s ‘little’? Torturing anyone is bad. I’d say it’s especially bad to torture a child; which is what the quote was trying to imply.

    • 4Robato@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      25
      ·
      3 days ago

      Why do you comment something without reading the article? This is a quote from someone explaining what they saw, not the reporter describing her like that.

      • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        3 days ago

        I thought that it was a bit odd wording too based on the quote alone, implying that Greta was some fragile small thing everyone should protect instead of brave young woman that she is. But then I read the article and in context it makes sense, that’s something I might say too in the same situation.

        • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          3 days ago

          What other source did you want? IDF soldiers explaining how they did nothing to her at all and she deserved every bit of it.

          • CannonFodder@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            2 days ago

            Well that would likely be even more biased. Yes, it would be good to get a statement from Israel. But just because we can’t get unbiased info doesn’t mean we should believe everything.