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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (165439)	3/24/2003 5:45:43 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1583512

Some will call her courageous, others stupid. No matter ones position on the practice of bulldozing houses, her commitment to her beliefs is commendable. I think we witnessed an unfortunate accident between a driver doing his job and a person committed to her beliefs. From the article it sounds like the fact she was trapped under some dirt was unexpected on her part and the driver fully expected her to move at the last minute. The eye witness states she tried to rise up just before she was trapped under some dirt. Sounds like she tried to move a little to late. I seriously doubt the driver can see her when he gets that close, but I'm pretty sure he knew she was there before he ran her over. They each assumed something that didn't happen - were is the fault, that's for the courts at this point. While she may have been courageous, I think she also was very naive......people in the ME are angry and do not hold life with quite the same sanctity that we do. In general, Americans are naive.......we tend to have little exposure to the world outside of the US and can act very stupid in foreign environments. Nonetheless, she was American.......and I can't help but feel a connection and loss just as I feel a loss with the dead soldiers and those imprisoned by the Iraqis. I don't expect that her parents were able to stop her......she sounds like one of those people who became her own driver at an early age. That is what it is. What I am taking offense at is the treatment of her death by one on this thread. Wrong or right, she was an American. She did something dangerous and she paid the ultimate price. However, to treat her death as if she were no better than an animal passing or to even derive pleasure from it is offensive to me and makes me question the priorities and loyalties of the person making such obnoxious statements. Furthermore, it was unnecessary to post pictures of her dying.......by now, most of us should know what death looks like. Certainly, they are not showing the deaths of American soldiers on the tube; then why show her's. I suppose it would be instructive to read what happened after the "accident". Did the driver get down, lend assistance, call for help, or toss her body to the side and do his job? From what I gather, he was indifferent. Israelis and Palestinians have become very hardened. Death is nothing more than another very prominent part of life. And she was the enemy! ted