Comments on: Firecrackers vs. Suicide Bombers

By: On the Contrary: Don's Mideast Musings

On the Contrary: Don's Mideast Musings — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:41:21 +0000

Firecrackers in Nazareth: Terrorism or “Prank”?

Defenders of Israel have dismissed the incident as the random senseless act of a couple of malicious pranksters and complain that the anti-Israel media is all over this as a terrorist attack… Does that mean it wasnt a terror attack afte…

By: Li'l Mamzer

Li'l Mamzer — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 21:58:29 +0000

Yes, one madman on one side makes an entire culture of death on the other side acceptable because it shows that “both sides do it”.

One of “our” madmen had firecrackers, which hurt exactly nobody.

By: Joseph T Major

Joseph T Major — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 21:55:20 +0000

It’s the old “moral equivalence” thing. The build-up of suicide bombers versus Baruch Goldstein was beginning to tip.
This saved the media, the pundits, the Anointed, the mainstream churches, etc. the bother of having to denounce the Palestinians.

Yes, one madman on one side makes an entire culture of death on the other side acceptable because it shows that “both sides do it”.

By: Li'l Mamzer

Li'l Mamzer — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:00:34 +0000

Don’t forget that the the Vatican had a dignitary in the area, Hilarion Capucci, who was caught smuggling arms and explosives for the PLO in his black Vatican Mercedes.

The Christians occupy a big tent, where there’s lots of room for different viewpoints. Sort of like the Democratic Party. Some like Israel and Jews, and others would just as soon see the Pal Arabs slaughter them.

By: Cynic

Cynic — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:56:59 +0000

Don’t forget that the the Vatican had a dignitary in the area, Hilarion Capucci, who was caught smuggling arms and explosives for the PLO in his black Vatican Mercedes.
Plenty of symbolism in that.
And this after Arafat and his thugs were responsible for the bestial massacre of more than 500 inhabitants of the Christian town of Damour in Lebanon in 1976.

By: Solomonia

Solomonia — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:54:08 +0000

Yeah, but his wife is a Christian

The opportunistic reaction to the nut-ball couple and their daughter who made a ruckus in the Church of the Anunciation in Nazareth must almost be seen to be believed. Projection from traitorous MK’s, rioting locals…even Islamic Jihad is getting int…

By: Balabusta in Blue Jeans

Balabusta in Blue Jeans — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:46:35 +0000

I remember that a friend of mine, raised Episcopalian, was deeply distraught when the Church of the Nativity was being occupied, and could not understand out why the reaction was so bland.

I tried to explain, but I don’t think it helped much…

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:02:08 +0000

It’s anti-Semitism, Lair.

Notice two things: When Israeli Jews capture a palestinian terrorist who has just knifed a busload of old people, he is not beaten by the crowd. He is held for the police or IDF to take him away. Israeli Jews do not riot. Israeli Jews do not prevent the emergency services from helping the wounded. Israeli Jews do not burn police vehicles.

The palestinians like to say that Israelis think palestinian blood is cheap. I would posit that the world has proven, over the past two thousand years, that it is Jewish blood that it deems unimportant.