And I would say there are better ways to make that point. :D What they did may have been stupid in my eyes, but I will concede that if that was indeed their intent, they did succeed.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > If their intent was to make a spectacle of what they knew was going to be an > extreme overreaction by the Israeli's to cast a big huge spotlight on what > is going on...I would say mission accomplished. Their attitude was > probably, if we have to die to save innocent civilians, so be it. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 10:39 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Did Reuters Crop a Photo to Remove a Peace Activist's Weapon? > > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> While I do see blood, I do not see stab wounds...so that is a big leap on >> that Scott. > > I do not think I ever said they were, rather they could be. It appears > that the soldier has a wound on his chest (you can see what looks like > a blood stain on the right side of his chest) its possible that could > be a stab wound, but admittedly, it can be another wound as well. > >> >> Standing up for what is right and just is common sense Scott, that is why >> many of us who did serve put our lives on the line and were willing to put >> ourselves in harms way. At some point, people have to stand up and say >> enough is enough. That is the mission of the Free Gaza movement and the >> reason they did what they did to help bring light to this illegal > blockade. > > I understand the need to stand up for what you believe in. However, I > also think there are smart ways to do it and dumb ways to do it. This, > in my opinion, was a dumb way to do it. > > I know, that probably makes me a fascist in your mind, but that is how > I see it. I am not trying to say Israel was justified in its actions > (to be honest, I do not think any of us has enough information, or > experience to say definitively one way or another) because to me, in > my limited views as a civilian, with no military training, it does > seem that this was not the most appropriate plane of action. > > That being said, I do not think that the way the aid group handled the > situation was the most appropriate course of action either. > > Both parties share in the blame for what happened. I would even go so > far as to say the Israel is more to blame, but that does not mean that > the aid group is not to blame at all. > > > -- > Scott Stroz > --------------- > You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can > wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris > > http://xkcd.com/38 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320474 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
