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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:51 PM Original message |
So how, at just 23, did Rachel Corrie become a Palestinian martyr? |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. And nearly 5 years later |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. I cried and cried reading that piece. I'm still a mess. |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I have had the honor of meeting her parents. They are amazing people too. |
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silverlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I have met them, too... |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. And to think some people |
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eyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Possibly because we happen to think blame isn't appropriate |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Thank you for the input |
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eyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Alert away, for all I care |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. She deserved it? Wow. |
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eyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. No, she didn't |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Those were your words, not mine. Why backtrack now? She was protecting |
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eyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Tell you what |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. knew that it would be |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. We only blame killers when the killers are Palestinian, remember? (n/t) |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. Or maybe some just |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Kicked. Would have recommend this thread, but can't on this forum. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. That arrogant fool died for a house. Not a life. A house. |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I object to the term murder... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. I agree with you on all points! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The &*7(*!! regime killed Rachel Corrie, and continues to |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. No. A human machine operator killed her. |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I do care to ask. Please, what is his name?? |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. what total crap |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You don't think people have a right to live in a home without the fear of being |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. "Right to live." It all hinges on that, doesn't it? |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. The homes do have people in them!! |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Right . . . . and the events of this weekend clearly show Israel's |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. the people defending the violence here are much more |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. It's posts by these defenders |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Do they realize they are hurting Israel's reputation rather than helping it with this line of logic? |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #40 |
51. No they do not |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I'd say she was fighting for a cause, for several million people. Are you suggesting that we not |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. why do you so oppose human rights? why are you supporting the |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. If the Palestinian family were in front of their home defending it, they |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. I was thinking the exact same thing. It's obvious to the rest of us that Palestinian lives don't |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Assholes lurk everywhere. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. yep, they do. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. Rachel Corrie: Myth's and Facts --- an very well documented, footnoted and sourced website |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Human Rights Watch report on the Death of Rachel Corrie: |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. HRW analysis of the Military Police Investigation |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Human Rights Watch report on The “Operational Investigation” |
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eyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. To emphasize |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
49. Links? n/t |
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eyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:53 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. 4 years on, most of the links I had are defunct, but |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Looking at the video of the incident |
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eyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 04:40 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. First of all |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 07:38 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I think you're clutching at straws |
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eyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. As I said, read post #21 n/t |
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Dick Dastardly (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
46. This is not credible in any way. Trying to make a tragic accident into murder is contemptable |
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number6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. Thanx Douglas Carpenter |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
34. Mass Home Demolitions in the Gaza Strip- Human Rights Watch |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. Corrie was killed defending a family home... it was not a mere "military target" |
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Dick Dastardly (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. They were not demolishing the home |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
54. Kick |
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