Joeboy wrote:
> Hi Bill.
> Bill Levinson wrote:
>>Joeboy wrote:
>>>Since you ask, I have a friend who volunteered for ISM who's now in Iraq.
>>>You can look at her website if you're interested in a version of her
>>>activities that's grounded in reality rather than slanderous invention:
>>>http://www.wildfirejo.org.uk
>>She is very likely to get a bullet in her back.
> Thanks for the heads up. We are obviously concerned for her safety.
So am I. She is associating with some very dangerous people who
doubtlessly consider her expendable. Not the Iraqi families and circus
performers, who also could be victimized by the militants, but by any of
a dozen militant groups over there.
>>Hamas said openly that it benefited from Rachel Corrie's death and,
>>since Hamas is in the business of murder, it would be far from
>>surprising if it came out that Hamas had something to do with causing
>>her death. It's even possible that the ISM was involved, noting that
>>several of its members claim to be witnesses to Rachel's accident with
>>the bulldozer but not one of them lifted a finger to pull her out of the
>>way.
> One could equally say that Israel is in the business of killing and the many
> witnesses to suicide bombings failed to prevent the deaths of Israeli
> citizens, proving that the Israel deliberately murders its citizens. I'm
> not seriously suggesting that's true because I'm not a propagandist troll,
> but it's just as reasonable and tasteful an argument as yours.
Most people who see a suicide bomb (assuming they get a chance to see it
before it blows up) are going to run like hell or dive for cover. There
have been some instances in which extremely brave people have grappled
with the bombers to prevent them from detonating their weapons in the
knowledge that, if they failed, they would be blown into a million
pieces. It's the kind of action which, if performed by a member of the
U.S. Armed Forces or British Army, would probably lead to serious
consideration of the Medal of Honor or Victoria Cross respectively.
There is far less risk in pulling a woman out of the path of a
slowly-moving bulldozer. Someone could have grabbed one of Rachel's arms
and pulled her out of the way before the bulldozer ran her over (or
pushed a pile of dirt and rocks onto her). ISM has yet to offer a
credible explanation, or any explanation, as to how four or five of
their people could just stand there and watch her die.
>>She sounds like a well-meaning and nice person and she deserves a hell
>>of a lot better than what happened to Rachel Corrie. (So did Rachel
>>Corrie, for that matter.)
> Rachel Corrie deserved better than to be used as a posthumous political
> football by you, me, TorresD or anyone else.
It is ISM and Electronic Intifada that have been dipping their pens in
her innocent blood to make propaganda. Payback's a real bitch but I'm
sure you know that. Yes, I will keep rubbing ISM's and TorresD's face in
it every time they bring it up. If TorresD ever gets his/her
Congressional investigation into Rachel's "murder," it may expose things
he/she won't like.
Please point out any misstatements of fact and I will gladly correct
them. Adam Shapiro and that ugly pig with whom he sleeps have advocated
violence. Hamas did gloat over Rachel Corrie's death. ISM did provide
safe house aid to terrorists. Shall I go on?
--Bill
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