That's pretty common though when someone has just died. The coverage after Reagan's death just made me nauseous. I'll take a look at these links though.
Still, if anyone is denying he was a terrorist, that seems wrong. The Olympics alone would qualify him imho. Dana On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:21:51 -0500, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lets see. The AP seems to think he never was a terrorist: > http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/arafat_timeline > The guardian and the BBC seem to be about the same. > This blog entry has a number of related links. > http://backspin.typepad.com/backspin/2004/11/platitudes_for_.html > Saves me time in getting and posting them all. And this isn't even going > into all the praise he's getting from governments. If I ever hated Chriac > before, I do now. Anan as well. Lets ignore the truth of the past for the > building of the future (like Gruss suggests). > > Those who ignore the past are doomed to repeat it. > > > > > > > I am sorry, what papers were you referring to? > > > > (confused) > > Dana > > > > > > On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:53:50 -0500, Michael Dinowitz > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That's an American paper. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael, > > > > > > > > I usually stay out of discussions of Israel/Palestine/the Middle East > > > > because I am awae of the depth of my ignorance, however -- I really > > > > don't think what is going on is a whitewash, certainly nothing to > > > > compare with what took place when Reagan died. > > > > > > > > I am still reading the NYT obituary and it seems to me that it > > > > portrays a complex, driven man, who is important if only because he > > > > was a Palestinian leader for so long. I am only on page 2 but there > > > > have already been been three (I think) mentions of responsibility for > > > > terrorist activity and for failure to reach a peace accord in 2000.... > > > > > > > > that doesn't really seem like blind adulation? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135552 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
