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Originally posted by dave
23 year old American Rachel Corrie was protesting the demolition of a home in the Gaza strip. The demolition was, apparently, because Israel is creating a buffer zone (in other words, not because the home owner, who is a doctor, is a militant).
She's standing in front of the house and the bulldozer runs her over. She has, apparently, been there for some three hours, so it's not as if they didn't know she was there. You can read descriptions of it elsewhere.
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I'm a bad human being, but my first thought upon reading this was a brief Hitchhiker's Guide flashback.
PROSSER: Mr. Dent, have you any idea how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I just let it roll straight over you?
ARTHUR: How much?
PROSSER: None at all.
Yes, I'm ill.
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Originally posted by wolf
No matter how she actually died, it's a shame, shouldn't have happened, etc. etc. ... but she's the one that was fucking around in front of the bulldozer. I can't bring myself to 1) care or 2) see what statement against the war (or any war) that she really made in death.
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Well, she wasn't trying to send a message or make a statement BY DYING. That's sort of the point here, that the driver was either careless enough or callous enough to run her over. Whether the intent was there on the part of the driver is something I can't answer.