Do you know the difference between TV and print media? One is fleeting and the other is stored and referenced forever. Look at the print media and you'll see little to no mention of his terrorism, just his 'symbolic' stature.
>Then you didn't see the same piece I saw......for every trivial good thing >they had to say about him, they had 2 or 3 bad things to say. I believe I >was watching CBS when they broke the news. They ran a little 5 minute >history of his high and low points....many more low than high. > >It did a good job of encapsulating decades of hate and violence. > > > >> Well, Arafat is dead. The man raped his own people for money, invented >airline >> hijacking, killed more Jews this side of the Nazis and now all that is >being >> 'forgotten'. I read all over the place how he was a symbol of his peoples >desire >> for independence, peace and/or equality. Nothing said about his attempt to >take >> over Jordan which resulted in more Palestinians being killed than in many >years >> of their intefata. No mention of his support for Saddam during gulf war 1. >No >> mention of his hand in the hell that was Lebanon. No mention of his direct >hand >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135409 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
