Comments on: Did a Hamas lie find its way into a Washington Post headline? http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/30/5859 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:14:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rightwing Cowboy http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/30/5859/comment-page-1#comment-35097 Rightwing Cowboy Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:04:40 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5859#comment-35097 What? The Post published a lie? Nah. That would never happen....would it? Circulation down, they wouldn't do something like that. What? The Post published a lie? Nah. That would never happen….would it? Circulation down, they wouldn’t do something like that.

]]> By: Jim from Iowa http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/30/5859/comment-page-1#comment-35094 Jim from Iowa Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:06:53 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5859#comment-35094 Ed Escobar, what you are feeling has been described by Great Satan's Girlfriend (http://greatsatansgirlfriend.blogspot.com/) as PSF, or Palestinian Sympathy Fatigue. For the past eight years Gaza has been described as "an Imminent Humanitarian Disaster", while true humanitarian disasters such as Darfur are swept under the rug. It gets tiring hearing about how evil Israel has starved and beaten poor little Gaza, yet somehow Israel finds time to repair Gazan power stations (at night, and under combat conditions because the Palestinian snipers keep trying to kill the workers fixing the power stations) as well as bringing food to the people trying to kill them (which gets held up by UN relief workers -- they can't possibly deliver the bags of rice and beans and bottles of oil, because there's not enough wheat flour to go around -- I mean, why would the Gazans, who are so hungry it's an Imminent Humanitarian Disaster, want to eat rice and beans if they can't have wheat flour to go with it) and providing free medical care to Gazans who need medical care. I think PSF -- Palestinian Sympathy Fatigue -- started towards the end of the 2006 Lebanon War, when Reuters discovered that photos by a Palestinian photographer of the attrocities and constant shelling by Israeli military against Lebanon turned out to be heavily photoshopped. They tried pulling the photos that had been altered off their website, and wound up pulling all of them off -- too many altered ones. You're right. You're not alone. Ed Escobar, what you are feeling has been described by Great Satan’s Girlfriend (http://greatsatansgirlfriend.blogspot.com/) as PSF, or Palestinian Sympathy Fatigue. For the past eight years Gaza has been described as “an Imminent Humanitarian Disaster”, while true humanitarian disasters such as Darfur are swept under the rug.

It gets tiring hearing about how evil Israel has starved and beaten poor little Gaza, yet somehow Israel finds time to repair Gazan power stations (at night, and under combat conditions because the Palestinian snipers keep trying to kill the workers fixing the power stations) as well as bringing food to the people trying to kill them (which gets held up by UN relief workers — they can’t possibly deliver the bags of rice and beans and bottles of oil, because there’s not enough wheat flour to go around — I mean, why would the Gazans, who are so hungry it’s an Imminent Humanitarian Disaster, want to eat rice and beans if they can’t have wheat flour to go with it) and providing free medical care to Gazans who need medical care.

I think PSF — Palestinian Sympathy Fatigue — started towards the end of the 2006 Lebanon War, when Reuters discovered that photos by a Palestinian photographer of the attrocities and constant shelling by Israeli military against Lebanon turned out to be heavily photoshopped. They tried pulling the photos that had been altered off their website, and wound up pulling all of them off — too many altered ones.

You’re right. You’re not alone.

]]> By: Terry http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/30/5859/comment-page-1#comment-35089 Terry Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:00:26 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5859#comment-35089 What drives these radicals is not race, but their total commitment to Allah and his prophet. Their distain is for all, regardless of race, who do not embrace Islam. Israel is first among those who are hated, but they are only first among the non-muslem world who must convert, be slain or submit to muslim rule in the most degrading ways. The Quran and the Hadith demand it, and every true believer must strive for it. You and I may be next...or perhaps it will be after Holland, Britian, France or Italy. What drives these radicals is not race, but their total commitment to Allah and his prophet. Their distain is for all, regardless of race, who do not embrace Islam. Israel is first among those who are hated, but they are only first among the non-muslem world who must convert, be slain or submit to muslim rule in the most degrading ways. The Quran and the Hadith demand it, and every true believer must strive for it.

You and I may be next…or perhaps it will be after Holland, Britian, France or Italy.

]]> By: Robert http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/30/5859/comment-page-1#comment-35088 Robert Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:51:11 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5859#comment-35088 Well, this might make you feel better: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/02/AR2005050201457.html Robert Well, this might make you feel better:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/02/AR2005050201457.html

Robert

]]> By: Ed Escobar http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/30/5859/comment-page-1#comment-35082 Ed Escobar Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:01:08 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5859#comment-35082 Years ago as a Latino I used to feel simpathy for the palestinians, but now I feel that what drives most of this radical groups is just pure racist hate towards Israel and I am starting to understand better what is really going on there, and I am telling you I am not alone... Years ago as a Latino I used to feel simpathy for the palestinians, but now I feel that what drives most of this radical groups is just pure racist hate towards Israel and I am starting to understand better what is really going on there, and I am telling you I am not alone…

]]> By: 11B40 http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/30/5859/comment-page-1#comment-35075 11B40 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:56:10 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5859#comment-35075 Greetings: Smite them, hip and thigh Greetings:

Smite them, hip and thigh

]]> By: Gail Duituturaga http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/30/5859/comment-page-1#comment-35074 Gail Duituturaga Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:27:21 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5859#comment-35074 Did you catch the WH press conference yesterday with the debuty press secretary Johndroe? Young,smart and really handled the hostile questions of the press with witty aplomb. A new star on the rise. Did you catch the WH press conference yesterday with the debuty press secretary Johndroe? Young,smart and really handled the hostile questions of the press with witty aplomb. A new star on the rise.

]]> By: gmoney http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/30/5859/comment-page-1#comment-35066 gmoney Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:22:11 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5859#comment-35066 I'm not sure Scott J. meant to be critical of NATO, but maybe he meant the UN. Yes they are wussies. We need to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US! Also, I think the Washington Post is in general a conservative paper, but I could be wrong on that. They are definitely more so than the NY and LA Times. Isn't it queer how everyone is so critical of how the US is pro-Israel, yet everyone else in the world is pro-Palestinian? I’m not sure Scott J. meant to be critical of NATO, but maybe he meant the UN. Yes they are wussies. We need to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!

Also, I think the Washington Post is in general a conservative paper, but I could be wrong on that. They are definitely more so than the NY and LA Times.

Isn’t it queer how everyone is so critical of how the US is pro-Israel, yet everyone else in the world is pro-Palestinian?

]]> By: Ray Starr http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/30/5859/comment-page-1#comment-35063 Ray Starr Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:00:13 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5859#comment-35063 LOL if you can't blame it on Bush, blame it on Israel...The Washington Post has always been a sad little paper LOL if you can’t blame it on Bush, blame it on Israel…The Washington Post has always been a sad little paper

]]> By: Mog http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/30/5859/comment-page-1#comment-35061 Mog Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:28:37 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5859#comment-35061 Did the headline writer need a report to insert an anti-Israel bias? I doubt it since anti-Israel sentiment is rampant in the press. Did the headline writer need a report to insert an anti-Israel bias? I doubt it since anti-Israel sentiment is rampant in the press.

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