Have Craig and Cindy Corrie Lost their Honor?

IsraPundit ^ | 1/4/11 | Bill Levinson

[Winged Hussar]

Craig and Cindy Corrie's quest for media attention and globe-trotting instead of justice for daughter Rachel

"There's not a lot of money in revenge." --Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride

...The death of Rachel Corrie has certainly given her parents the opportunity for worldwide travel to places like Argentina, as well as to Israel and many American cities where they are the center of media attention. If they sought genuine justice against those who were most directly responsible for their daughter's death, as any person of honor would do, these travel and media opportunities would dry up pretty quickly.

The media has little interest in reckless, irresponsible, and relatively nameless drifters and activists. To put this statement in perspective, suppose a nameless thug or gang member murders somebody in a back alley. It is unlikely that newspapers outside the city in which the crime took place will give the investigation or trial more than passing coverage. When the suspect's name is O.J. Simpson or (in the case of animal abuse) Michael Vick, the case gets national attention. A drunk driving arrest or conviction similarly gets maybe one or two paragraphs in the local paper unless the accused is somebody like Paris Hilton, Mel Gibson, or Lindsay Lohan; then the whole country if not the entire world knows about it.

The purported "murder" of an American peace activist by an advanced and civilized democracy* like Israel similarly gets worldwide media attention, and those who knowingly, willfully, and recklessly put Rachel Corrie's life at risk said as much.

[healy61]

Were you thinking of ACORN squash?

[Seven plus One]

So a dead ‘martyr’ is better propaganda than an anonymous but still breathing pinhead. Who’d a thunk it? It seems like they’re shooting at a niche market here, one already sodden with Sheehan overload. They can pose for pitchers with arafat, get a mention on a shortwave broadcast from Djibouti or some such, but who really cares.