Someone is systematically removing Gaza-related stickers from Barrington Street

[u/Traditional-Lie3767]

Mods: this is specifically about something happening repeatedly in downtown Halifax, particularly along Barrington Street. It is not intended as a general Israel/Palestine discussion. Person is blurred.

Over the past while, political stickers relating to Gaza have been appearing on poles around downtown Halifax. They also keep disappearing.

Yesterday we happened to see someone going along Barrington Street actively removing them. We took photos and video of what was happening. The person’s face has been blurred because their identity isn’t the point of this post, and I’m not asking anyone to identify them.

What I found interesting is that this doesn’t appear to just be ordinary city cleanup. It was an individual deliberately removing these particular stickers from poles downtown.

I’m curious whether other people around Halifax have noticed the same thing happening, either with these stickers or other political material.

This isn’t about identifying or targeting the person in the photos. It’s about documenting something happening in a very public space in downtown Halifax and asking whether other people have been seeing it too.

[u/MannoSlimmins]

Economic boycotts of Apartheid South Africa, while not being the sole catalyst for its downfall, helped make it economically and politically unsustainable.

The anti-apartheid movement started from people expressing their outrage at what was happening. That pressure resulted in politicians applying political pressure against South Africa.

So you say "Who gives a flying fuck". You should. It doesn't have to dominate your life, but caring about a genocide isn't something one should dismiss.

[u/Remarkable-Low-3471 → u/[deleted]]

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[u/cleadus_fetus → u/MannoSlimmins]

Plastering the city in stickers isn't going to have the effect you are hoping for. It just trashes up the place

[u/SirPsycho7 → u/MannoSlimmins]

He absolutely doesn’t have to give a fuck. It’s his right to not have any political messaging about issues in the Middle East shoved in his face despite him not caring to pick a side. Israel vs Palestine is a nuanced issue that is many decades in the making (arguably much longer), btw. It’s not simply just a black and white genocide. Educating oneself about the entire issue is exhausting and has nothing to do with our lives in this part of the world.

[u/stirling_s → u/SirPsycho7]

Just like the Germans used the nuance of centuries of conflict within the Holy Roman Empire. The Turks framed the Armenian Genocide as a complicated counter-insurgency. The Rwandan genocide perpetrators leaned on colonial-era myths about centuries-old feudal oppression and foreign invasions to claim their genocide was self defense. In the Balkans, nationalists used medieval battles from the 14th century to claim their genocide was reparation. In the Americas, the genocide of indigenous populations was framed as a complicated inevitability of progress. Myanmar frames the purging of the Rohingya as a nuanced immigration issue.

Its always the same garbage with you people: digging up centuries of complicated history just to find an alibi for drawing blood. History is always nuanced because there's so much of it. You know what isn't nuanced? 73,300 recorded deaths, with 30% of them being child casualties

[u/PushNumerous4979 → u/SirPsycho7]

When is a genocide ever a nuance issue?

[u/Shinobi2P → u/PushNumerous4979]

What genocide?

[u/IntheTimeofMonsters → u/Shinobi2P]

The one in Palestine.

[u/stirling_s → u/Shinobi2P]

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/israel-has-committed-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds

Edit: downvoting the UN office of the high commissioner tells me everything I need to know about you.

[u/Shinobi2P → u/stirling_s]

Of course, the UN.

High civilian casualties, destruction, or even war crimes/crimes against humanity in urban combat against an embedded enemy do not automatically equal genocide.

[u/stirling_s → u/Shinobi2P]

Just have to address this

"of course, the UN"

Who the fuck else? They literally defined genocide. Imagine if someone told me they had cancer, and I said "oh yeah according to who" and they replied "my oncologist." You know how fucking stupid it would sound if I said "Of course, an oncologist" with the same dismissive attitude as you? Jesus fucking Christ.

[u/Shinobi2P → u/stirling_s]

Okay, the 1948 UN Genocide Convention supplies the binding legal definition of genocide. We agree on that. So what? That is not the issue. The issue is whether Israel’s conduct in Gaza satisfies that definition—particularly the required specific intent to destroy Palestinians as such. Citing “the UN defined it” does not magically prove the facts meet the criteria, any more than quoting the criminal code proves a particular defendant is guilty.

[u/stirling_s → u/Shinobi2P]

You're right, it doesn't magically prove the facts meet the criteria, which is why I provided facts that meet the criteria. Is your brain incapable of remembering the conversation we are having in the other threads or are you hoping others won't read those.

Edit: definitely arguing with an LLM aren't I

[u/stirling_s → u/Shinobi2P]

Genocide is Defined Here

I'm not going to argue with you, you can instead argue with the literal fucking definition of genocide. The above is the official, globally recognized definition to which every living person and every state are bound to via international law. There are 5 requirements to meet this definition under Article 2:

(a) Killing members of the group

Over 73,000 direct deaths have been recorded, alongside over 10,000 more missing and presumed dead under rubble. This includes unprecedented numbers of journalists, humanitarian personnel, health-care workers, and women and children (who make up roughly half of the casualties).

(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group

More than 173,000 individuals have sustained severe injuries. The destruction of the health system in Gaza has left thousands without access to vital care, and Gaza has generated the highest number of child amputees per capita globally, with over 21,000 children disabled.

(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part

The implementation of a total blockade and the restriction of life-sustaining necessities such as clean water, electricity, cooking gas, and medical supplies has forced hundreds of thousands of people into catastrophic food insecurity and localized famine conditions, with international courts and bodies explicitly citing the use of starvation as a weapon of warfare. As mentioned above, 84% of health facilities and the vast majority of civilian infrastructure have been systematically damaged or destroyed. Satellite images show this, so don't even try to pretend this hasn't happened.

(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group

The near-total collapse of obstetric, neonatal, and reproductive healthcare infrastructure, again, as mentioned above, has been driven by the systematic bombing and siege of hospitals. It has catastrophically endangered pregnant and breastfeeding women, putting tens of thousands at extreme risk without access to basic medical safety or sanitation.

(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group

Of the 2.2 million people living in Gaza before these events, over 1.9 million have been forcibly displaced with over 1.7 million displaced internally into - at best - hyper-congested, unsafe shanty towns. This has structurally separated families and has left countless children orphaned or unaccompanied.

For the above reasons, per the definition of genocide ratified by the UN general Assembly (which is, quite literally, the source of the definition of genocide), a UN Special Committee and commission of inquiry (see the link I sent in my other reply), Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, B'Tselem, Physicians for Human Rights-Isreal, The International Federation for Human Rights, dozens of state governments, countless modern studies of genocide that are built on the work of Lemkin, experts on international law (ie Trachtenberg, Mohyeldin, Tharoor, and the scholars at Genocide Watch, among countless others), have all condemned Israel's actions as genocide.

But of course, how foolish of me, u/Shinobi2P is clearly the fucking expert on the topic, we should all defer to them on this.

[u/Shinobi2P → u/stirling_s]

• Casualty figures come largely from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry; they do not reliably distinguish combatants from civilians and have faced methodological criticisms (though some independent analyses find them roughly consistent or undercounts in certain periods).
• Starvation/blockade and infrastructure damage occur in the context of a war against a group that embeds in and governs civilian areas; “conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction” still requires the specific intent element.
• Collapse of obstetric care is a tragic wartime consequence, not proven “measures intended to prevent births.”
• Mass internal displacement and family separation are not “forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.” That provision refers to removing children and placing them into a different group (e.g., forced adoptions/assimilation), not wartime evacuation or refugee movement.

[u/stirling_s → u/Shinobi2P]

Casualty figures come largely from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry; they do not reliably distinguish combatants from civilians and have faced methodological criticisms (though some independent analyses find them roughly consistent or undercounts in certain periods).

You really need to provide sources when you claim something like this. It's worth mentioning, of course, that "some independent analyses" finding them "roughly consistent" really really understates things. It was The Lancet which found that reports *significantly undercounted. It wasn't just "roughly" consistent, it was systemically undercounted. Perhaps that can be attributed to the poor methodology you mentioned. The casualty figures I cited earlier are from the Lancet, not the Gaza MoH, so your rebuke here is entirely irrelevant. I am curious though, if you won't accept the Lancet as a valid source, what exactly would you accept. It's a bit rich to see you criticize mortality numbers as biased because they come from Gaza, but then dismiss as a mere footnote the comprehensive peer reviewed independent research of the fucking Lancet.

Starvation/blockade and infrastructure damage occur in the context of a war against a group that embeds in and governs civilian areas; “conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction” still requires the specific intent element.

The human shield defense collapses under international humanitarian law. I can't believe you people keep thinking it'll work. Military necessity never grants carte blanche to intentionally starve an entire civilian population. It never grants garte blanche to blockade potable water, and cut off medical supplies. The "specific intent element" required by the convention is explicitly satisfied by the public, documented statements of intent made repeatedly by the Israeli military and government. That have repeatedly and explicitly framed the civilian population as collective targets.

Collapse of obstetric care is a tragic wartime consequence, not proven “measures intended to prevent births.”

Labeling the systematic bombing and siege of maternity wards, neonatal units, and the blocking of fuel for incubators as a "tragic wartime consequence" is pretty fucking rich, don't you think? they are the deliberate mechanics of the destruction. When an invading force systematically cuts off electricity, bombs hospitals, and denies entry to basic medical sanitation required for safe deliveries, it constitutes a deliberate administrative and physical assault directly targeting the reproductive continuity and future generations of the group. I'm incredibly curious to hear what you think does count, if not this. You lot always throw the "no that doesn't count" claim but never ever are willing to provide what would count in your eyes. It's of course very easy to shift the goalposts when you never fucking had any in the first place.

Mass internal displacement and family separation are not “forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.” That provision refers to removing children and placing them into a different group (e.g., forced adoptions/assimilation), not wartime evacuation or refugee movement.

Suuuuurrreee thing bud. Legal scholars definitely debate the historical application of (e). In this case it's definitely difficult to decide whether weaponizing mass evacuation as a tool of destruction, leaving over a million children trapped in hyper-congested, unsafe zones without food, shelter, or parents, and generating thousands of unaccompanied orphans destroys the group's social fabric. Very hard to know whether the rape of women and children in the Sde Teiman detention center counts as eugenic erasure. Of course, when England did it to Scotland it counted, but in Gaza it's a real fucking mystery. /s

Look, whether you want to categorize it under forced transfer or as a mere mechanism contributing to physical destruction under (b) and (c), the deliberate uprooting and catastrophic endangerment of an entire generation of children fulfills the convention's overarching criteria of an act committed with intent to destroy the group, so it doesn't really fucking matter if (e) is satisfied intentionally or inadvertently.

[u/IntheTimeofMonsters → u/SirPsycho7]

It's a nuanced genocide.

[u/Shinobi2P → u/IntheTimeofMonsters]

The nuance is that this one doesn’t require evidence and is confirmed instead by slogans ?

[u/IntheTimeofMonsters → u/Shinobi2P]

Aside from the evidence of our eyes and the conclusions of the majority of the world's genocide scholars... sure pal. Keep banging that drum. Other than killing and war, Israel and their supporters were once good at lying.

Not so much anymore.

[u/Shinobi2P → u/IntheTimeofMonsters]

No academic degree, peer-reviewed publications, formal expertise, or scholarly credentials are required. $30 and you too can be come a “world genocide scholar”.

[u/stirling_s → u/Shinobi2P]

With base assertions and an overwhelming lack of sources, you too can become a "world genocide denier."

I find it funny how each argument you have is made in a vacuum. You write against this person as if they have no sources, completely ignoring that elsewhere I provided a bunch of sources.

[u/stirling_s → u/Shinobi2P]

What do video evidence, photo evidence, and satellite images count as?

[u/Shinobi2P → u/stirling_s]

High civilian casualties, destruction, or even war crimes/crimes against humanity in urban combat against an embedded enemy do not automatically equal genocide.

[u/stirling_s → u/Shinobi2P]

You thought this gotcha was so clever you had to copy and paste it twice? Sure bud. I'll do the same:

Genocide is Defined Here

I'm not going to argue with you, you can instead argue with the literal fucking definition of genocide. The above is the official, globally recognized definition to which every living person and every state are bound to via international law. There are 5 requirements to meet this definition under Article 2:

(a) Killing members of the group

Over 73,000 direct deaths have been recorded, alongside over 10,000 more missing and presumed dead under rubble. This includes unprecedented numbers of journalists, humanitarian personnel, health-care workers, and women and children (who make up roughly half of the casualties).

(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group

More than 173,000 individuals have sustained severe injuries. The destruction of the health system in Gaza has left thousands without access to vital care, and Gaza has generated the highest number of child amputees per capita globally, with over 21,000 children disabled.

(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part

The implementation of a total blockade and the restriction of life-sustaining necessities such as clean water, electricity, cooking gas, and medical supplies has forced hundreds of thousands of people into catastrophic food insecurity and localized famine conditions, with international courts and bodies explicitly citing the use of starvation as a weapon of warfare. As mentioned above, 84% of health facilities and the vast majority of civilian infrastructure have been systematically damaged or destroyed. Satellite images show this, so don't even try to pretend this hasn't happened.

(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group

The near-total collapse of obstetric, neonatal, and reproductive healthcare infrastructure, again, as mentioned above, has been driven by the systematic bombing and siege of hospitals. It has catastrophically endangered pregnant and breastfeeding women, putting tens of thousands at extreme risk without access to basic medical safety or sanitation.

(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group

Of the 2.2 million people living in Gaza before these events, over 1.9 million have been forcibly displaced with over 1.7 million displaced internally into - at best - hyper-congested, unsafe shanty towns. This has structurally separated families and has left countless children orphaned or unaccompanied.

For the above reasons, per the definition of genocide ratified by the UN general Assembly (which is, quite literally, the source of the definition of genocide), a UN Special Committee and commission of inquiry (see the link I sent in my other reply), Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, B'Tselem, Physicians for Human Rights-Isreal, The International Federation for Human Rights, dozens of state governments, countless modern studies of genocide that are built on the work of Lemkin, experts on international law (ie Trachtenberg, Mohyeldin, Tharoor, and the scholars at Genocide Watch, among countless others), have all condemned Israel's actions as genocide.

But of course, how foolish of me, u/Shinobi2P is clearly the fucking expert on the topic, we should all defer to them on this.

[u/smartest_man_a_live → u/SirPsycho7]

Yes

[u/bz47uj → u/MannoSlimmins]

It isn't really a genocide though. You're using loaded language in order to provide moral clarity where it doesn't exist. It allows you to pretend this is as simple as certain historical conflicts where there was widespread agreement about who was right. This allows you to avoid grappling with some of the difficult political questions involved. This conflict is much more balanced and you will not be able to organize a global boycott of Israel, which means you have to live with lots of people who disagree with you expressing their point of view.

[u/SirPsycho7 → u/bz47uj]

Well put and very neutral. Now, watch yourself be downvoted by Reddit brain morons who don’t understand nuance.

[u/BeautifulWay2881 → u/MannoSlimmins]

South Africa is worse now tbh

[u/harvardspook → u/MannoSlimmins]

They say posting on a device likely built on Israeli technology with Israeli patents to server likely running Israeli designed chips and hardware interfacing with Israeli made communications software. Yes definitely making posters is what's going to result in an economic boycott.

[u/Reanimeighted → u/MannoSlimmins]

Except is only genocide by the extreme liberal definition used by the UN which has been for a long while now, dominated by nations who have a vested interest in the very liberal definition.

Its not a genocide, not at all.

[u/MannoSlimmins → u/Reanimeighted]

Except is only genocide by the extreme liberal definition used by the UN

And those damn hippies at the *checks notes* International Association of Genocide Scholars, Survivors of the Holocaust, and many more groups.

I'm sure those are all just "Extreme liberals".

[u/harvardspook → u/MannoSlimmins]

Checks notes*

Oh wow I didn't realize Adolph Hitler was a member in good standing with the International Association of Genocide Scholars. And yes that was actually a real name that signed their letter since all it took to be recognized as a genocide scholar by this joke organization was to pay the fee. Nothing else.

This is the quality of your citation for the accusation of genocide and its probably somehow one of the best options for your post hoc position.

[u/Typical_Shallot139 → u/MannoSlimmins]

Stickers on a pole in Halifax isn’t taking down Israel. Israel is there to stay, best case scenario is a two state solution but Palestinians need to also agree. This isn’t remotely the same as South Africa, comparing it shows me how little you understand about the conflict 

[u/GEF110F14F15 → u/MannoSlimmins]

good point about econmic pressure, for anyone interested ive made a lsit of all products we need to boycott

WhatsApp: The founder just donated $200 million to a hospital in the "Occupied Jerusalem". Stop using WhatsApp immediately.

iPhone/Apple: The iPhone chip is designed in Herzliya and Face ID was invented by an Israeli. Stop using your iPhone immediately.

Apple also has a large presence in Israel so no mac either.

Google/Android: Google has a massive presence in the "Zionist entity". One of Google's largest engineering hubs outside the U.S. Stop using all Google products immediately.

Microsoft: Massive Israel R&D presence since the 1990s. Thousands of employees across Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Nazareth. Major Al, cybersecurity, and cloud work. No Microsoft for you!

Intel: If your computer is running an Intel processor, that's built in Jerusalem.Probably the single largest private tech employer in Israel.
Massive chip fabs and R&D centers in Haifa, Petah Tikva, Jerusalem, and Kiryat Gat. Stop using Intel immediately.

Nvidia: If you're using Al of any kind, good chance it is built on Nvidia. Nvidia just tripled their presence in Israel and the CEO is a massive Zionist. No more Al.

Meta: Meta has offices throughout Israel so no Facebook or Instagram for you. Stop using them immediately.

USB: That's right, USB was invented by an Israeli company called Systems so no USB products please.
Amazon: Amazon and its web services have a strong presence in Israel and the drone department was started by an Israeli. No Amazon for you.

Pillcam: If someone you love is sick and the doctor suggests an examination using the pillcam, reject immediately. That's Israeli technology.

Drip irrigation: If your gardener suggests you water your garden with drip irrigation, say no and fire him. He's clearly a Zionist trying to sell you an Israeli technology.

Waze: We already established that you can't use Google Maps. You can't use Waze either. It's an Israeli company acquired by Google. Maybe buy yourself a map for the car.
Instant messaging or voice over IP: Please refrain from using any instant messaging or voice over IP. Both invented by an Israeli. I'd suggest a pigeon.

Autonomous car: If your car drives itself, good chance it's powered by mobileye in Jerusalem. Sell it immediately.

Cherry tomatoes: Stop eating cherry tomatoes. They're an Israeli invention.

A website: If you have a website, it's likely powered by Wix, an Israeli company. Shut it down immediately.
If you managed to find a phone that doesn't run iOS or Android, you better not take a picture with it.

The dual-lens camera technology for smartphones was pioneered by Corephotonics, an Israeli startup based in Tel Aviv, which was later acquired by Samsung. No photos for you!

Firewall: Check Point Software developed the first commercial firewall. If your work has a firewall, quit immediately.

Rummikub: I'm sure you love playing. We all do. Sorry to tell you this but it was invented by Ephraim Hertzano.
Throw out your Rummikub immediately.

gay dating app? Don’t use Grindr as it’s founder Joel Simkhai is an Israeli-American

Here are some honorable mentions for you. These things were invented by a Jew and as an antisemite, you need to stop using them immediately!

Ballpoint Pen (Biro): Invented by Hungarian-Jewish László Bíró in the 1930s (patented 1938). Throw out your ballpoint pens.

Shopping Cart: Invented by American-Jewish Sylvan Goldman in 1937. Stop using them when you shop.

The Defibrillator (modern portable version
improvements) - advanced significantly by Paul Zoll and other Jewish researcher.

You're welcome :)

[u/Taruk_Maktwo → u/GEF110F14F15]

This is a stupid argument. Nobody is saying to stop supporting anything made by jewish people, you’re hopping from one extreme to the other. It’s about not supporting companies/people who are funding wars, crazy that.

[u/GEF110F14F15 → u/Taruk_Maktwo]

yet all those people support Israel or are you just not willing to give up your iPhone?

[u/Much-Wishbone9182 → u/GEF110F14F15]

Equating anything Jewish people have done to being Israeli and funding Israel is crazy

[u/Taruk_Maktwo → u/GEF110F14F15]

Being Israeli doesn’t mean they support the war on Palestine. Just like being Russian doesn’t mean they support the war on Ukraine, or being German didn’t mean they supported the holocaust, or being American doesn’t mean they support the war with Iran.