As far as I am concerned, no one should comment on it unless they've seen it. The arm chair quarterbacks who are removed from the issue and not exposed to it should shut the hell up.
The video is horrifying and Youtube and other services removing it is an injustice to humanity. People should see this and remember it. Just as people should see the horrors of the holocaust and remember. All removing the content does is ensure people are ignorant to the truth. Look how well banning Nazi memorabilia has worked o
773. At about 12.50 p.m., Khalid Abd Rabbo, his wife Kawthar, their three daughters, Souad (aged 9), Samar (aged 5) and Amal (aged 3), and his mother, Hajja Souad Abd Rabbo, stepped out of the house, all of them carrying white flags. Less than 10 metres from the door was a tank, turned towards their house. Two soldiers were sitting on top of it having a snack (one was
More likely the result of things like this. But even Khalid Mashal said that he opposes Zionism, not Jews.
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The IDF refused to let an ambulance bring them to the hospital[..]
Both sides are guilty in that conflict. But going back to the topic of this story, it is interesting to note that the Hamas "execution" of 18 civilians in Gaza didn't receive anything like the same coverage although it happend only a few days after the Foley murder.
More likely the result of things like this. But even Khalid Mashal said that he opposes Zionism, not Jews.
[...]
The IDF refused to let an ambulance bring them to the hospital[..]
Both sides are guilty in that conflict. But going back to the topic of this story, it is interesting to note that the Hamas "execution" of 18 civilians in Gaza didn't receive anything like the same coverage although it happend only a few days after the Foley murder.
I think the Hamas executions got an appropriate amount of coverage. I saw it reported in every newspaper I read, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Haaretz. I searched Google News for "Hamas execution" and got 36,000 hits. Of course, "foley beheading" got 6 million hits, but that was so lurid that even newspapers that don't usually cover the middle east reported it.
While I think capital punishment is usually wrong, I would have a hard time arguing against the Hamas executions if I were a
There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom.
-- Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923
I forced myself to watch it (Score:5, Insightful)
As far as I am concerned, no one should comment on it unless they've seen it. The arm chair quarterbacks who are removed from the issue and not exposed to it should shut the hell up.
The video is horrifying and Youtube and other services removing it is an injustice to humanity. People should see this and remember it. Just as people should see the horrors of the holocaust and remember. All removing the content does is ensure people are ignorant to the truth. Look how well banning Nazi memorabilia has worked o
Re:I forced myself to watch it (Score:5, Interesting)
Could it be the HUGE uptick in the amount of anti-semitism is the result of the immigration of a HUGE number Islamic radicals?
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Could it be the HUGE uptick in the amount of anti-semitism is the result of the immigration of a HUGE number Islamic radicals?
More likely the result of things like this. But even Khalid Mashal said that he opposes Zionism, not Jews.
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"the Goldstone report -- all lies."
"If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone Report would have been a different document." - Richard Goldstone
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For anyone how really cares I guess his statements about the report are a whorthwhile read:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/reconsidering-the-goldstone-report-on-israel-and-war-crimes/2011/04/01/AFg111JC_story.html
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More likely the result of things like this. But even Khalid Mashal said that he opposes Zionism, not Jews.
[...]
The IDF refused to let an ambulance bring them to the hospital[..]
Both sides are guilty in that conflict. But going back to the topic of this story, it is interesting to note that the Hamas "execution" of 18 civilians in Gaza didn't receive anything like the same coverage although it happend only a few days after the Foley murder.
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More likely the result of things like this. But even Khalid Mashal said that he opposes Zionism, not Jews.
[...]
The IDF refused to let an ambulance bring them to the hospital[..]
Both sides are guilty in that conflict. But going back to the topic of this story, it is interesting to note that the Hamas "execution" of 18 civilians in Gaza didn't receive anything like the same coverage although it happend only a few days after the Foley murder.
I think the Hamas executions got an appropriate amount of coverage. I saw it reported in every newspaper I read, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Haaretz. I searched Google News for "Hamas execution" and got 36,000 hits. Of course, "foley beheading" got 6 million hits, but that was so lurid that even newspapers that don't usually cover the middle east reported it.
While I think capital punishment is usually wrong, I would have a hard time arguing against the Hamas executions if I were a