Israel describes a permanent cease-fire in Gaza as a ‘nonstarter,’ undermining Biden’s proposalreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.world – 265 points – 1 months agonbcnews.com85Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent comment “Gaza no longer poses a threat” does not mean “Gaza will never again pose a threat”. They sound like the same thing to me... "no longer" and "never again" mean the same thing in my experience.Not to me. The US once went to war with England, but I think most Americans agree that "England no longer poses a threat to us." But is it possible that one day we will again be at war with England? I mean sure, anything is possible. You really can't say anyone will "never be a threat". Just that they aren't a threat now. EDIT Or to take a simple example, "I no longer live in California" does not mean "I will never again live in California".
“Gaza no longer poses a threat” does not mean “Gaza will never again pose a threat”. They sound like the same thing to me... "no longer" and "never again" mean the same thing in my experience.Not to me. The US once went to war with England, but I think most Americans agree that "England no longer poses a threat to us." But is it possible that one day we will again be at war with England? I mean sure, anything is possible. You really can't say anyone will "never be a threat". Just that they aren't a threat now. EDIT Or to take a simple example, "I no longer live in California" does not mean "I will never again live in California".
Not to me. The US once went to war with England, but I think most Americans agree that "England no longer poses a threat to us." But is it possible that one day we will again be at war with England? I mean sure, anything is possible. You really can't say anyone will "never be a threat". Just that they aren't a threat now. EDIT Or to take a simple example, "I no longer live in California" does not mean "I will never again live in California".
They sound like the same thing to me... "no longer" and "never again" mean the same thing in my experience.
Not to me.
The US once went to war with England, but I think most Americans agree that "England no longer poses a threat to us."
But is it possible that one day we will again be at war with England? I mean sure, anything is possible.
You really can't say anyone will "never be a threat". Just that they aren't a threat now.
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Or to take a simple example, "I no longer live in California" does not mean "I will never again live in California".