Online controversy over graffiti by Israeli kids

The Jerusalem Post ^ | 07/24/06 | SHEERA CLAIRE FRENKEL

[MikeA]

Where were the voices of these same Euroweenies when Hamas and Hezbollah were tying bombs to kids to use as suicide bombers, or have them marching in military parades with guns slung over their shoulders?? Funny how the Euros always manage to stuff a sock in it when it comes to criticizing the abuse of children by jihadist nihilist terrorists, as if children scrawling something on a shell is in any way comparable to Israel's enemies TARGETTING these same children with rockets, or strapping TNT or plastic explosives to their own. Sheesh, I give up. The world is nuts. And I'm suppose to care what these fools think about the US or that they're against what Israel is doing in Lebanon?

[Red Badger]

People have written stuff on ordnance as long as there has been ordnace to write on..........

[edcoil]

Is the point Israel's kids can write and Hezbolla cannot?

[cripplecreek]

Nuff said?

[Gator101]

Yawn...when we start seeing Israeli kids dressed up in little suicide-bomb vests being paraded down the street by their proud parents - let me know.

[Jack2006]

If in doubt...blame a whole continent! LOL

[MikeA]

Thank you for providing those pictures to underline my point.

[sgtbono2002]

Where is the picture of the Islamic kids dancing while American GI's were hung from a bridge.

[APRPEH]

i dont think that was MikeA's sentiment but a quote from the story.

this is my talkbalk comment (not yet published)

this is absurd. for people under constant rocket assault to use "graffiti" or "art" to ease the tensions and help unify the people, adults or children is understandable and possibly desireable. Hezbollah is these children's enemy too. signing shells doesnt make people into militants or vile arabian killers. it makes them proud to stand on their own feet and do what is natural for people who are not kowtowed to some stupid liberal vision of irreality. decorate all you want and know that it is for a good cause.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I hope they wrote "restraint" on them!

[MeanWestTexan]

Yep.

English schoolchildren wrote on bombs destined for Germany.

[zarf]

That wasn't directed at Mike A! It was directed to the person quoted in the article.

This immasculated nonsense infuriates me.

[Red Badger]

Even during the "Civil" War, people wrote stuff on the bombs.......

[MikeA]

Most of the criticism I hear of Israel is coming from Europe. They seem almost more vociferous than the Arab countries. Sorry, but I can't pretend Europeans aren't a bunch of weak, amoral surrender monkeys.

[HockeyPop]

I recall the effort by many immediately following 9/11 as how best to calm and allay the fears of children. Many psychologists and other misplaced intellects were suggesting various limp wristed ideas. Nobody interviewed this father who simply put up a few targets of Bin Laden and let his kids plink away with their air rifles.

[KarlInOhio]

Nuff said?

Nope, more needs to be said:

[MikeA]

The handwringers wouldn't have minded so much if the kids had written "disproportionate" on those shells.

[cripplecreek]

I was looking for photos of the working guns that palestinian children make out of scraps of pipe and springs.

[Jack2006]

Well anyone who thinks that 30+ nations and 500 million people all believe the same thing can insult me all they want.

The only thing is, there is a lot of "weak, amoral surrender monkeys" who have died in the war on terror, and I am sure you didn't mean to insult the heroic dead and their families, as we both know it was a laughable generalisation.