2/25 Extra: Israelis, Palestinians, Death

02-25-2002, 01:45 PM

The same should then be said about the Nazis, I guess. I mean, geez. It's okay that they killed a couple million people 'cause the '38 Volkswagen cost 300 Trillion Deutschmarks.

Whatever. Taking joy or pride in the death of another is reprehensible. It is human nature to mourn the death of a fellow human being, especially one with whom we have some type of contact. If, out of those three soldiers, one had been killed by the gunman and then his body displayed for pictures of joyous Palestinians, the other two soldiers would be furious and would, no doubt, have thoughts of "how dare they show joy at the death of another." It's human nature.

I'm not saying that the Palestinian that got killed didn't have it coming - when you open fire on civilians in Israel, you die. Period. But that doesn't make the death a happy affair. You wouldn't excuse the Palestinians dancing after the 9/11 attacks, so why excuse this?

02-25-2002, 01:45 PM	#3
dave Guest Posts: n/a	The same should then be said about the Nazis, I guess. I mean, geez. It's okay that they killed a couple million people 'cause the '38 Volkswagen cost 300 Trillion Deutschmarks. Whatever. Taking joy or pride in the death of another is reprehensible. It is human nature to mourn the death of a fellow human being, especially one with whom we have some type of contact. If, out of those three soldiers, one had been killed by the gunman and then his body displayed for pictures of joyous Palestinians, the other two soldiers would be furious and would, no doubt, have thoughts of "how dare they show joy at the death of another." It's human nature. I'm not saying that the Palestinian that got killed didn't have it coming - when you open fire on civilians in Israel, you die. Period. But that doesn't make the death a happy affair. You wouldn't excuse the Palestinians dancing after the 9/11 attacks, so why excuse this?

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