Three cars belonging to the al-Jazeera news network were torched in Ramallah on Saturday night. Eyewitnesses said masked gunmen were seen fleeing the area.| "Who were those masked men?" |
| "I dunno. I'm just a journalist, why would I know?" |
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| Al-Jazeera cars torched in Ramallah | ||
| 2006-05-21 | ||
Three cars belonging to the al-Jazeera news network were torched in Ramallah on Saturday night. Eyewitnesses said masked gunmen were seen fleeing the area.
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| Posted by:Sheling Unomons1998 |
| #23 Frank G says:"...but that's just me, and I'm a first rate asshole" GREAT! I'm in good company then! 8-) -M |
| Posted by: Manolo 2006-05-21 20:58 |
| #22 "If we should end up having to wipe them out in order to survive ourselves, we'd feel bad about it." Not me! -M |
| Posted by: Manolo 2006-05-21 20:57 |
| #21 #2 Reciprocity is the basis of ethics. If you don't understand this simple fact, join the Tranzis. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-05-21 17:24 |
| #20 I suspect that, although we may become more brutal (which, it could be argued, is being "more like them"), we won't embrace fascism, nihilism and death worship. At least, the brutal tactics which led us to victory in WW2, did not lead us to become the moral equivalent of Nazis or emperor worshipers. What it should have taught us is that failure to deal with the problem in a harsh enough manner early, led to our having to become much more savage later, in order to eliminate the threat to our society. |
| Posted by: ryuge 2006-05-21 14:18 |
| #19 We are nothing like them - and won't become so. Agree with the former. Don't be so sure about the latter. It's a balancing act -- this country and our people can lose our moral center just as easily as any other, IF we don't take care to maintain it. What we are in the early stages of is going to challenge that balance almost to the breaking point, and maybe beyond. |
| Posted by: past the tipping point 2006-05-21 12:26 |
| #18 There's a version of just war theory that talks about things like this, like the firebombing of Dresden, like the use of nukes on Japan. It basically goes like this: Sometimes you have to do awful things in order to prevent worse things from happening. That they are awful shouldn't prevent us from doing them. That they are necessary doesn't get us off the hook from admitting they are awful. |
| Posted by: past the tipping point 2006-05-21 12:25 |
| #17 Al- Jizz gets no sympathy from me and I will feel bad when the war is over and we won |
| Posted by: djohn66 2006-05-21 12:18 |
| #16 Borgboy - looks like you're in the minority on this one. We should always be sure not to sink to their level, but I'd hold off checking until the WOT is done...but that's just me, and I'm a first rate asshole |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-05-21 12:10 |
| #15 what Barbara said twice! |
| Posted by: RD 2006-05-21 12:08 |
| #14 Accelerated depreciation? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-05-21 11:24 |
| #13 They're really making it hard on al jizz. After all, it'll take a LOT of creativity to spin this on as Israel's fault. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2006-05-21 11:23 |
| #12 There is almost certainly more to this story than what the JeruPost reports. AlJ correspondents have been lording it over the local crowd saying something like 'we get paid but you don't, nah, nah, nah, nah'. So its not just about the news coverage. |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-05-21 10:21 |
| #11 If they will do this to Al Jizz, imagine what would they do to CNN? Nothing. CNN is careful to always do what America's enemies want. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-05-21 10:15 |
| #10 #2 borgidiot We are nothing like them - and won't become so. If we should end up having to wipe them out in order to survive ourselves, we'd feel bad about it. If they manage to wipe us out - which they don't have to do in order to survive - they'll revel in our deaths and have a non-stop party. Like they do now whenever they murder another Jew. Al-Jiz pretends to be "unbiased" and "western" but they're not on the side of the civilized - any more than the rest of the MSM, unfortunately. But Al-Jiz lives there and has better access to the terrorists than westerners do. Ya' wanna suck up to the And enjoy the snack. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-05-21 10:11 |
| #9 If they will do this to Al Jizz, imagine what would they do to CNN? Right. |
| Posted by: john 2006-05-21 09:22 |
| #8 I just love it! |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-05-21 09:08 |
| #7 This is copyright infringement, dammit! Car BBQ are a french specialty. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-05-21 06:22 |
| #6 What Barb sed. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-05-21 05:03 |
| #5 Well it couldn't happen to nicer folks, you know? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-05-21 04:17 |
| #4 Wishing for the slow evisceration, flaying, and then necklacing of the Al-Jiz boyz would have been their level. Cheering the destruction of their vehicles is simply rational joy at the chickens coming home to roost in Paleoland. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2006-05-21 03:51 |
| #3 Comment #1 is perfectly appropriate. Many of us come from reasonably civilized cultures, where there is very little chance that any of us will go to the local news bureau, and torch three cars belonging to a news organization with which we are dissatisfied. Only barbarian thugs behave like that. As far as Al Jizz goes - hey, you lay down with dogs, you get fleas. If I'm blue force, you better beleve I'm breaking out the popcorn any time I get to watch an episode of Red-on-Red "Molotov-sex". My only regret is that the Al Jizz propaganda-meisters weren't in their vehicles at the time. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2006-05-21 02:14 |
| #2 Comment #1 is uncalled for, lest we become like them. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2006-05-21 01:49 |
| #1 I love it when they eat their own. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-05-21 01:25 |