tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9560953.post111808032115339868..comments2023-12-31T19:34:14.853-05:00Comments on Dymaxion World: A Retraction, of sortsjohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690430991814528863noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9560953.post-1118215283879472682005-06-08T03:21:00.000-04:002005-06-08T03:21:00.000-04:00On this point, John, don't you dare back down. I r...On this point, John, don't you dare back down. I read your original post, Max's reply as well as the Reuter's article. Your response was right on the nose. Max speaks of looking past the bias, but if there is bias in the coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is going to be towards the Israeli side. What was presented in bloodless, neutral terms by the Reuters article is a random retaliation killing -- the 'liquidation' (even the language is chillingly euphemistic) of Palestinian policemen just for beling Palestinian. There was no attempt at finding the men who were responsible, or a trial to make sure that the men they murdered were guilty of something. It's a despicable act of lynching.<BR/><BR/>What is revealed by this kind of reprisal killing is, on both sides, an unwillingness to see each other as human beings instead of "the other". Instead of working to punish individuals (which indeed would be very hard, I admit) or working through official channels, both Israelis and Palestinians seek instead to settle the balance by more killing. This is a pattern that can only result in mutual destruction, and should be roundly condemned by anyone who consider themselves the friends of Israel and Palestine.Battlepandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04842340982653417060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9560953.post-1118214894336514632005-06-08T03:14:00.000-04:002005-06-08T03:14:00.000-04:00On this point, John, don't you dare back down. I r...On this point, John, don't you dare back down. I read your original post, Max's reply as well as the Reuter's article. Your response was right on the nose. Max speaks of looking past the bias, but if there is bias in the coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is going to be towards the Israeli side. What was presented in bloodless, neutral terms by the Reuters article is a random retaliation killing -- the 'liquidation' (even the language is chillingly euphemistic) of Palestinian policemen just for beling Palestinian. There was no attempt at finding the men who were responsible, or a trial to make sure that the men they murdered were guilty of something. It's a despicable act of lynching.<BR/><BR/>What is revealed by this kind of reprisal killing is, on both sides, an unwillingness to see each other as human beings instead of "the other". Instead of working to punish individuals (which indeed would be very hard, I admit) or working through official channels, both Israelis and Palestinians seek instead to settle the balance by more killing. This is a pattern that can only result in mutual destruction, and should be roundly condemned by anyone who consider themselves the friends of Israel and Palestine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com