Comments on: Sticks and stones

By: Gary Rosen

Gary Rosen — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:04:33 +0000

This hardly begins to make up for Erlanger’s many years of shameless propagandizing for Hamas and against Israel. Despite the surprising acknowledgement that there is a remote possibility that Hamas is not a gentle, peace-loving bunch of boy scouts Erlanger ends up with his slimy, grossly dishonest “quote” technique, where his “reporting” consists of quoting those who spout his own opinions. He endlessly quotes Hamas savages threatening mayhem on Jews, undoubtedly mirroring his own views.

But Bronner may be even worse, if that is possible. Bronner has openly admitted that his reporting is slanted against Israel in order to preserve his Arab “sources”, and he’s jim-dandy with that. We can expect nothing from him but the same dishonest lying antisemitic horseshit we’ve been getting from Erlanger. What a disgrace. Sorry for my language, Meryl, but I just cannot express myself on this issue with any more restraint – you should hear what I *really* think.

By: Soccerdad

Soccerdad — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:43:40 +0000

I thought that Bookworm Room had the best retort to the title: Hmm, insults . . . . Are those things like “You’re ugly and your mother dresses you funny,” or “Those jeans make you look fat,” or “This is the shoddiest piece of work I’ve ever seen,” or “You’re doing a terrible job.” No, no, no. These “insults” have a richer flavor that makes them sound a little more like, well, yes, death threats...

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:18:03 +0000

“Insults”—love how they use the word “insults” instead of, say, “anti-Semitism” for what Hamas is doing.

By: Soccerdad

Soccerdad — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:06:10 +0000

It’s a bit late. Erlanger’s leaving the Middle East to be replaced by Ethan Bronner, who previously, was the Israel correspondent for the Boston Globe (which is now owned by the NYT.)

By: Joshik

Joshik — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:02:53 +0000

OK, a tiny step in the right direction. Erlanger must have been feeling some pangs of guilt – he has been incessantly writing anti-Israel stuff in the NYTimes for years now. He’s the one who always refers to the Kassam rockets as “crude”, “homemade”, “wildly inaccurate”, and “mostly harmless”. Kind of like the roadside bombs that kill our troops in Iraq, except the Times calls them “indigenously produced improvised explosive devices”… sounds much more threatening. “Homemade” is the kind of cookies your mom bakes. Nothing to worry about…

By: Soccerdad

Soccerdad — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:05:08 +0000

Yes, I suppose you’re right, we should value their honesty.

By: Long_rifle

Long_rifle — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:03:03 +0000

Nice.

So it’s not choosing a GOOD neighbor.

It’s choosing the lesser of two evils.

And it’s only lesser in so far as it’s putting up a caring front while it prepares and glamorizes killers.

You know what? I prefer Hamas. At least they are HONESTLY telling Israel and the world they want to destroy them. Not hiding behind a cloak of “legitimacy”.

Fatah