I agree and disagree, lets assume it was a Palestinian who opened fire on an Israeli, no matter a criminal, war, or hate act, or better yet a Palestinian soldier(actually cant say that,cause Palestinians don�t have an army), so lets say a palestinian policemen opened fire, the first thing you will hear is a Palestinian gunman, second you will hear an Israeli shot or killed, then they would end it with , or start it with , a terrorist struck�so maybe in Chicago or London the nationality and ethnic background are irrelevent,and most of the time it is important and mentioned, but in that part of the world, it is very relevent and its assumed unless stated otherwise.
The Israeli newspaper at least included that information. And look at is this way, you think Rueters goes around posting articles about any shooting in the world ? anytime someone shoots another person in this world, Reuters write an article about it ? I don�t think so, nor do most Local papers, a local shooting barely makes the news in local newspapers, but this article somehow is important why ? cause it happened that someone shot someone and its Israel ? does not make sense to me�.nationality, ethnicity, motive,position if any(police officer, army, doctor), whatever, is alwas important�.would this make sense ? a man opened fire and killed another man, the other man did not have any weaponds on him when he was shot�the shooter was drunk��hardely worth a second of news, but what if did include that information�.and lets put it this way, a white police officer(for example!!!) shot an un armed black man in a total white niephorhood when the officer claimed the man might have been out to do something bad�the police officer was drunk at the time�� makes a big difference I think! -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:34 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Fw: Letter from an Israeli soldier Actually, I think the article from Reuters was written correctly. It was reported as though it was a crime. Like it would be reported in London, or Chicago. I personally think it should have stated that the shooter was a police officer or soldier. But the nationality and ethnic background of the shooter and the shootee are irrelevant. The fact that he was drunk is an added element to the crime, but the inclusion/exclusion of that fact may have been an editorial or space limitation decision. The good news is that the young man will live, and that the shooter has been arrested. Jerry Johnson __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
