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By: LanceThruster

LanceThruster — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

I'm sorry. I'm so very sorry. I don't know what else to say. Really.

By: LanceThruster

LanceThruster — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

The comment that disappeared was fully sincere. I was apologizing for being completely unable to do anything to stop the mindless aggression against innocent Palestinians. I hope it did not come off as anything else.

By: Journalist

Journalist — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Why's he wearing a Hamas military uniform? And where can I get Phil one (his birthday is coming up)?

By: Ana Sanchez

Ana Sanchez — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

"Journalist:"
Funny how you can zero in on what the guy is wearing (looks like a police uniform to me) but you are totally blind to the bleeding child he's carrying. Is this because she's not Jewish? People like you and those in Israel carrying out these pogroms are giving Jews everywhere a bad name. Are you not part of the human race?

By: Journalist

Journalist — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Ana:

Obviously we're supposed to look at the little girl--that's why they put her there. But the devil is in the details--that's what we call context.
It's not a police uniform--it's a Hamas "shaheedi" uniform.

By: LanceThruster

LanceThruster — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. ~ Paulo Freire (1921-1997) Author and Educator

By: Rowan Berkeley

Rowan Berkeley — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

try to remember that these trolls here are playing deliberately satanic roles, revelling in death and torture for instance, because they have been taight that this is an effective form of psychological 'deterrence' (i.e. psywar) against all critics. This is JHVH's style after all – "Happy is he who dashes the head of their little ones against a rock" is one of JHVH's typical promises.

By: Colin Murray

Colin Murray — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

I didn't think 'terrorists' wore uniforms. If he is indeed Hamas and not just a policeman, then maybe he is entitled to be treated as a combatant under the laws of war?

By: Gary "Gaz"

Gary "Gaz" — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

We should be nice to Rowan–this must be the worst day of his life (so far). Israeli ground troops are behaving with the sort of discipline and dignity he could never achieve. They are doing the brave and difficult work of protecting their citizen by risking their lives. Noble, self-sacrificing, righteous, moral, employed–all sorts of things that Rowan will never be.
Oh, and armed. British law prevents him from owning a weapon, and pedophiles are, generally, barred from military service.

By: LD

LD — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Israel should try fighting an army and not a civilian population.

There is nothing noble in all of Israel.

Just a country of cowards, racists and warmongers.