I wasn't going to post anything to this list about this topic (since it
really isn't the forum for it), but this is a great point.
Much of the mainstream media has been putting a very racist spin on this
and has created a dangerous situation. I have heard personally from one
Islamic man living here who has received a number of death threats. I
also know that there are a lot of Palestinians living in North America
who are scared to walk the streets for fear of racist backlash.
The analogy I always like to draw for people is if Timothy McVeigh had
bombed a building in Iraq, would you feel it was right for the people of
Iraq to blame the entire United States for it and want to retaliate
against us? Would you, as a fellow American, feel any connection at all
to his actions? I'm sure this is how the majority of Palestinian people
feel at the point. For the media to show that footage and imply that it
represents the feelings of all Palestinians is atrocious.
g
On Thursday, September 20, 2001, at 12:24 PM, David González wrote:
ok, maybe you're right, but as far as I know, in those images all you
can
see is about 5 kids, a woman and two adults celebrating (about 9 or 10
people). That's all the celebration? is that all the footage CNN could
get?
Why are this images said to be celebration of the palestinians, for me
it is
a celebration of 10 palestiniansd, most of them kids... I think that is
also
distorting reality. I'm not defending anyone here, all I say is this
type of
things promote hate and violence, and that's exactly what we are trying
to
avoid, or is it not?
I'm really getting sick of this thing. The "False" CNN coverage is a
hoax:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1540000/1540102.
st
m
and
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_402920.html?menu=news.latestheadlines
CNN says fake footage claims are 'baseless and ridiculous'
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