Very well said... Again, something to think about. Jonathan Appal Energy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tim,
Thank you for your qualifiers as to the unreliability of all or almost all news institutions. Your first post didn't give the same perspective. In the words of Ronald Reagan, "trust, but verify" is sound policy in almost every venue. As for agreeing to disagree relative to Aljazeera? They're certainly no more or less reliable than CBS and certainly no more slanted than Fox or any number of others. I think that if you were to treat all news "agencies" with the same criteria and candor that there would be far less cause to take exception to the perspective you print. Todd Swearingen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Ferguson" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 10:08 AM Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Re: Jewish settlers atttack US christians > Todd, > > I'm not saying that the beating did or did not > take place. And it is not an opinion as to the > credibility of the source but rather a fact. Your > point would be better served and received citing > several sources rather than one. Especially one > that is for the most part State Run. It's not that > I don't include Aljazeera in my daily diet of news > sources because I do for just the reason you > stated. Getting unreported stories or rather a > different perspective of commonly reported > stories. > > However, with the way the media tends to cover and > spin stories to support their agendas I find it > best to have some form of validation and not rely > on any single source and accept what that source > might state as truth. This helps to reduce the > spin. > > And finally I hope that we can agree to disagree > on the merit of Aljazeera's reporting. > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Appal Energy > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 11:10 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Re: Jewish settlers atttack > US christians > > > Tim, > > So you're saying that the beating didn't take > place, simply because you > don't care for the source? > > How many other times have such events not been > reported by your choice > media? And after thousands of failures of > non-reporting you would care to > imply that they're far more reliable and/or less > biased than any other? > > Aljazeera is, whether you like it or not, a news > agency - a far cry above > and beyond the pale of a White House press > secretary. > > Todd Swearingen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Ferguson" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 7:56 AM > Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Re: Jewish settlers atttack > US christians > > > > I can't believe that someone would actually use > > Aljazeera as a news source. LOL. I know it's > > difficult to find news sources having any degree > > of intergrity in reporting, but > > really.....Aljazeera? You might as well take the > > White House spokesman's word as the truth, the > > whole truth, and nothing but the truth. > > > > Tim > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of fox mulder > > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 3:55 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Biofuel] Re: Jewish settlers atttack > US > > christians > > > > > > > > > > Jewish settlers attack US Christians > > By Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank > > > > Thursday 30 September 2004, 2:24 Makka Time, > 23:24 > > GMT > > > > > > Palestinian children fear attacks from settlers > > > > Jewish settler immigrants from North America > have > > attacked and severely > > beat > > American Christian peace volunteers near the > > village > > of Yatta south > > west of > > Hebron. > > > > Palestinian and Israeli sources said the attack > > occurred on Wednesday. > > > > According to the Hebron-based Christian Peace > > Making > > Team (CPT), five > > settlers carrying iron chains and baseball > clubs, > > assaulted two male > > and > > female volunteers who were escorting Palestinian > > schoolchildren to > > their > > school at the village of Tuba near the > settlement > > of > > Maon in the > > southern > > Hebron hills. > > > > The assailants reportedly beat the two > volunteers > > and > > robbed them. The > > pair > > were evacuated by an Israeli ambulance to a > > hospital > > in the southern > > Israeli > > town of Be'ir Sheva were their condition is said > > to be > > moderate. > > > > The assailants also stole a bag belonging to a > > female > > volunteer named > > Kim > > Lamberty. The bag contained a passport, money > and > > a > > cellular phone. It > > is > > not clear if the settlers had wanted to attack > > Palestinian > > schoolchildren > > who fled to their homes. > > > > Volunteers severly beaten > > > > CPT spokesperson in Hebron, Cal Carpenter told > > Aljazeera.net that one > > of the > > volunteers had a collapsed lung while a woman > > volunteer had sustained > > cuts > > and bruises. > > > > Asked why he thought the settlers assaulted his > > colleagues, Carpenter > > said > > the settlers "didn't like what we were doing, > > namely > > escorting > > Palestinian > > kids to their schools." > > > > "They apparently were unhappy to see us stand by > > the > > kids whom the > > settlers > > want to abuseˇÄ they thought that we were > > frustrating > > their efforts." > > > > Carpenter said the CPT volunteers wouldn't be > > intimidated by the Jewish > > settlers "savagery." > > > > "We will go to the village tomorrow and we will > > escort > > the kids to > > their > > school." > > > > According to Palestinian locals, the settlers in > > the > > area despise the > > Christian activists for "helping the > Palestinians > > stay > > in the area." > > > > 'Disrupting efforts' > > > > "The settlers believe the Christians are > > disrupting > > their efforts to > > get the > > Palestinians to leave the area," one local told > > Aljazeera.net. > > > > The incident came less than 48 hours after a > > Jewish > > settler from a > > settlement near the Northern West Bank town of > > Nablus > > murdered a > > Palestinian > > driver and father of eight children. > > > > The settler, however, has been freed from police > > custody and placed > > under > > temporary house arrest. > > > > The Israeli army, in concert with settler > leaders > > in > > the area, have > > been > > trying to expel several hundred Palestinian > > families > > from the area for > > the > > purpose of expanding the settlement of Maon. > > > > Two years ago, the army destroyed hundreds of > > caves > > and many cisterns > > belonging to Palestinians in order to force them > > to > > leave. > > > > Relations between the settlers and the Christian > > volunteers have never > > been > > good. > > > > Jewish settlers, indoctrinated by a staunchly > > anti-Christian ideology, > > routinely throw rocks and shout obscenities at > the > > volunteers. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Biofuel mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net > > (searchable): > > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > _________ALL-NEW Yahoo! 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