Outbidding Saddam: I'll buy Palestinian children for $30,000 each

Opinion Journal ^ | 06/27/2002 | SCOTT MILLER

[Pokey78]

I want to buy your children. As I understand it, you have seven children still alive (your son Mahmoud killed himself, I'm sorry to hear). I'll offer more than Saddam Hussein has offered; he'll pay $25,000 each, if they are willing to turn themselves into human bombs, but I'll pay $30,000 each.

[Pokey78]

Ping

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Amazing........

[The Vast Right Wing]

All your children are belong to us!

[walden]

I saw it this morning-- I'm glad you posted this. Powerful message, isn't it?

[JohnBovenmyer]

His heart is in the right place, but the 13th amendment renders his thoughts unconstitutional.

[BCrago66]

Sometimes simple ideas are the most brilliant. Such as this one.

What I've often wondered is why Israel, with their technological superiority, does not jam all radio and TV signals in the disputed territories and replace the hatred with some message of life and hope.

It may be that the culture of death is now so ingrained among the Palistinians that it is now too late. But it wouldn't hurt to try. They are biologically, if not culturally, still human beings.

[Stultis]

Bump!

[Sally II]

Speaking of simple ideas, I'm not sure why the Israelis don't promise to douse all terrorists, terrorist suspects, and their whole extended families with pigs blood. I hear the Muslims have a morbid fear of pigs blood... like they can't enter heaven if they touch the stuff. Or how about throwing all the terrorist's families in jail if they accept financial compensation. It should be illegal for them to accept money for their children's misdeads.