AMERICAN PROTESTER KILLED

FOX NEWS | 3-16-03 | SELF

[Knuckle Sandwich Combo]

American protester run over by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza and killed. Developing...

[Ramius]

Right. I'll bet that the photo that runs in the Daily Olympian is of the Tianmen Square standoff between the man and the tank. I'll bet money they try to make that connection.

That's the really sick part. She was protecting the home of a terrorist who blew children to bits, and somehow drew a moral equivalence. That's the truly sickening part.

[EaglesUpForever]

If she had been making a bomb and it went off prematurely, then yeah, she got what she deserved. If she was riding in a car with a Hamas leader and it was hit by an IDF missile, she got what she deserved. Otherwise, this is just a sad waste of a life.

I'm not so sure. Exactly why was the house being bulldozed? chances are, it was the home of a terrorist. It certainly gives such terrorists support to know that they can count on naive bigots (and these "activists" are bigots, for they believe that somehow an American life is more meaningful than a Palestinian life) to defend their property. This woman was supporting the murder of civilians.

Yes, it is sad that a human life was lost, but the really sad thing is that she went so far astray that she killed herself in support of terror.

I feel the same sadness for her death that I will feel soon for the deaths of Saddam's soldiers.

[stormer]

Perhaps you could elaborate.

[Amerigomag]

Thanks. Would appreciate if you checked on the following:

A Rachel Corrie Iverson-Long graduated from Woodinville High School in 1998. Is this the same person? The age is about right.

[Sparta]

I have not a gram of sympathy. Rather, I should like to send a 'thank you' note to the IDF soldier who exterminated yet one more apologist for evil.

Bump.

[Bella_Bru]

BTW, there is nothing funny about this.

No, there is nothing funny about a young woman who bought into the anti-Israel BS. She is one of many young people in this country that has allowed the Liberals to convince her that: Israel=bad, Palestine=misunderstood sufferers.

[Sparta]

Rainbow? Palestinian? UN? Soviet?

No. Chinese and Iraqi.

[Ramius]

So what does she earn? A 3-paragraph obit in a Washington state paper? Perhaps 100 people at the funeral. And thats about it. Pretty much sums up the contribution she made in life. To give so much....for nothing...and to get so little in return.

So true, but that's the recurring legacy of Evergreen State College.

The actual sadder truth is that the Daily Olympian (known as the daily "O" or daily "zero") will likely do a couple of full-page spreads on her. They'll make her look like the man in tainmen square standing in front of the tank. She'll be a local hero.

That she was fighting for terrorism and the continued horror of the Arafat sector will be utterly lost on them.

[KneelBeforeZod]

[mikegi]

Well, I usually ride the high horse too, but I do this this woman as equivalent to someone blowing himself up making a bomb.

Don't agree with you on this. There's a difference between committing a violent act (bombmaking, etc.) and being a protester.

She put herself in front of a moving bulldozer expecting it to stop. It was a gamble with a risk.

Totally agree with you on this. She put herself in danger but that doesn't make it a laughing matter.

[arete]

It's pretty sickening to see posters here laughing and cheering this woman getting killed. I really don't understand it.

This site is quickly developing into one of the biggest hate sites on the web. What happened? How can people cheer the deaths of others such as this girl regardless of her politics? Is the voice of the mob becoming so emboldened that they can now openly advocate the actual killing of anyone they chose to label as commie or liberal or leftist? How about just kill everyone who disagrees? How did we degenerate to such a state?

Richard W.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

What Legacy from the Radical Internationalism of 1968?

The long-time Marxist revolutionary leaders of the "peace" movement were upset when the pro-Democracy Chinese student protestor stepped in front of the tank in Tiananmen Square in 1989 because it made the wrong party - the Chinese Communists - look bad. Same with Chavez today in Venezuela. These "peacenik" leaders are on the side of the self-proclaimed Maoist Chavez - though he's stripping his people of their rights, killing and imprisoning those who protest. With friends like these..."Peaceniks" = Peacemakers.

Shame on You America-Hating Liberals.

[HairOfTheDog]

That's the really sick part. She was protecting the home of a terrorist who blew children to bits, and somehow drew a moral equivalence. That's the truly sickening part.

Over on DU someone said "What, did they think she was a *terrorist*? And they are right. She wasn't a terrorist in the common definition. She was an American who threw away her opportunities here to use her "American body" to protect terrorists abroad. I have no doubt she thought she was immune. Twisted.

[MaeWest]

...they won't give a rat's butt.

Speaking of ratt's butts, has anyone seen Ellen Rattner recently?
Or has she been put in hiding since she spilled the beans about the 'rats hope the war goes badly so Bush won't get re-elected?

[Scott from the Left Coast]

I can't tell, she isn't listed on the Evergreen web site. I'm sure the newspaper here will cover everything ad nauseum, so I may be able to get more from there beginning tomorrow.

[Ramius]

Perhaps you could elaborate.

Sure, be happy to:

The PLO wants to push Israel into the sea. They will stop blowing up children only when every Israeli is dead. The Israelis will stop killing the PLO when the PLO stops killing Israelis. Pretty simple, really. Supporting the PLO means supporting the eradication of Israel, and that is a naive goal. Israel, whether you like them or not is not going away. The power to end the conflict rests on Arafat.

[HairOfTheDog]

I would not disagree with you on the moral point that someone dying is never a laughing matter.

But on the other hand, she is over there "nonviolently" putting her body between Isreal and a terrorist state. She is helping the enemy. Whether she blasts someone with her own hand is irrelevant. She is helping those who do.

[EYEWatchin]

Ooh Please! When you start sheltering or supporting Palestinian terrorist you assume the risk. I'm quite certain the woman had adequate time to remove herself from harms way. She had no business being there in the first place. She deserves no support or honor from the US.

A fool and her mind are soon parted!

[Ramius]

Wow... way to generalize and over-react, there. Hmm...

[FITZ]

When you side with terrorists, its a dangerous proposition. Maybe others will learn from her stupidity.

Really ---terrorists aside ---it's very stupid to jump in front of a moving bulldozer anywhere at anytime.