I don't see any indication of the Times coming to Hamas' defense: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/18/international/middleeast/18ISRA.html
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 1:07 PM Subject: chutzpah > OK, this is close to the height of chutzpah. Hamas has accused Israel of killing > some of its terrorists. They are so sad and upset about it that the NY Times has > come to their defense. It's a despicable crime to kill these 'innocent > fighters'. > How did they die, you ask? They were assembling a drone aircraft for an attack > on Israel when it blew up. Hamas says that Israel booby trapped the plane. > I just can't tell who's the worst here. Hamas for their claims or the NY Times > for its misrepresenting of the facts. > > For those not sure what Chutzpah is, here's a legal quote: > As a federal district court in the District of D.C. noted in 1992 that chutzpah > is "presumption-plus-arrogance such as no other word, and no other language can > do justice to.'' > Perhaps the classic "legal" definition of chutzpah is the closest; a person who > kills his parents and pleads for the court's mercy on the ground of being an > orphan. > > Michael Dinowitz > Master of the House of Fusion > http://www.houseoffusion.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
