Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JohnM who wrote (15254)	1/1/2002 2:35:50 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Yep. Definitely. If you grew up in a part of the country in which the Civil War is remembered as a war about states rights, not slavery. Sherman is a good illustration of Nietzsche's point. I think you're taking the definition of "terrorism" beyond its usual parameters here. Which point of Nietzsche are you referring to? BTW, about CNN's bias: I heard a story on TV yesterday that makes my point. It went something like this: Cries for revenge in Gaza after Israel killed six Palestinians yesterday. The cries were at the funerals of the victims in Gaza City. Israel said the men were terrorists... Now, I had read the Israeli account of these deaths. Three of Palestinians had been killed trying to break into the Netzarim settlement and three were killed at the Gaza-Israeli border. The ones breaking into Netzarim were shot and found with Kalishnokovs at their side and explosive belts around their waists, obviously on a suicide mission. Now, you can call these men "terrorists" (Netzarim is not a military target), or you can call them "guerillas" or "militants", but to call them "victims", as CNN did? Not to mention that they were armed? Sheesh. I call that bias. This is a regular CNN formula: Headline: Israelis kill some Palestinians. 1st Paragraph: description of the dead, the funeral, the cries for revenge. Later Paragraph: Israel said they were terrorists, or they were actively shooting Israelis when they were killed. End Paragraph: Total Palestinian body count, Total Israeli body count in the intifada. CNN sticks to this formula, which lays all its emphasis on Israeli killing, and no emphasis on the reason for the killing, unless the Palestinians have a lucky day and kill a lot of Israelis in one go. Overall, its a formula that's very helpful to the Palestinian quest to portray themselves as innocent victims.