Killed activist is recalled (Israeli bulldozer "martyr")

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 3/17/03 | Janine DeFao

[MikalM]

In an e-mail to her family on Feb. 7, two weeks after her arrival in the Gaza Strip, Rachel Corrie wrote that "no amount of reading, attendance at conferences, documentary viewing . . . could have prepared me for the reality of the situation here."

[LdSentinal]

She may not have been the brightest bulb, but she did not deserve to get bulldozed. Those who are making fun of her death should be ashamed of themselves.

There's a difference between making fun of death and how she died. Paul Wellstone may have been a commie, but his death was unfortunate and tragic. This woman died knowingly playing chicken with a bull-dozer. It was idiotic.

[BoomerBob]

How does making distasteful comments about her death send a message to would-be human shields?

[dirtboy]

The DUmmies are calling her a hero.

Well, it speaks volumes for the collective IQ at that site that their hero is someone dumb enough to sit in front of a bulldozer where the driver can't see her.

[LdSentinal]

It's a damn shame that many of the posters on this thread have chosen to openly troll their neo-Nazi roots.

What a brilliant observation. Being pro-Israel has turned into Neo-Nazism. Who would have thunk it?

[dirtboy]

How does making distasteful comments about her death send a message to would-be human shields?

Sorry, I'm not losing sleep over any jokes in poor taste here. One look at the raw hatred on Rachel's face, burning that American flag, drained any bit of sympathy I might have had for her. It was better that the true believer bought it than some wannabe.

After all, what did Rachel Corrie say when she was run over by that bulldozer? "I could have had a D-8!"

[dirtboy]

It's a damn shame that many of the posters on this thread have chosen to openly troll their neo-Nazi roots.

You'd better retract a slur like that one and apologize. Why don't you take a look at the raw-anti-American hatred on Rachel's face as she burns the American flag before you slime other freepers like that.

[freedomson]

I wonder how she was able to afford to spend so much time over there protesting? Who was supporting her? Did they get a good return on their investment?

[klpt]

[BoomerBob]

I'll be one of the first to raise a glass and declare I'm glad the bastards are dead when we get Saddam or Bin Laden but revelling in a the death of a girl being runover while holding a bullhorn is not something I find joy in. And yes, I acknowledge the hate in her face in those flag burning pictures but so what! Half the neo-cons supporting our war on terrorism did the same things in the '60's (think David Horowitz).

[RobRoy]

>>Fill me in on what a greener is Rob. I'm guessing its some category of dyke, or a violent environmentalist.<<

Someone who goes to, or went to Evergreen colledge. We think of it as "Berkely north."

>>Can we recruit that bulldozer driver & a couple of his friends to work the streets at the next antiwar rally in Seattle?<<

Capitol hill would be a good start. The circus is always in town up there. It would take away one of my favorite forms of summer entertainment, though: Robroys woman and I ride the motorcycle or the tandem to Dicks on Broadway and share a cone while watching those whacky PIBS, gays, lesbians, and other fun, fun funny people.

Whatever you do, DONT make eye contact, however. It's creepy...

[RobRoy]

And I hope someday to be able to spell college, collage, collie and other complicated "C" words...

[dirtboy]

And yes, I acknowledge the hate in her face in those flag burning pictures but so what! Half the neo-cons supporting our war on terrorism did the same things in the '60's (think David Horowitz).

Yeah, and do you think it was just desserts if some extremist Weather Underground type blew himself up instead of a college professor? Sorry, it is not like the Israelis tried to kill her. She committed bulldozercide. And just as jokes sprouted in poor taste when Joey Buttafuco got the Benihana treatment (what did they arrest Loreena Bobbit for initially? Littering!) so will jokes in bad taste erupt here, and for the exact same reason - there is no sympathy in this world (or very little) for an idiot and a creep whose misguided cause triggers their own demise.

[drjoe]

probably not - the ground looks sort of soft. In construction accidents that I have seen, if the ground is softish there is a lot of internal damage but you dont really get squeezed like a tube of toothpaste. Now on concrete ... ...

[BoomerBob]

If she was trying to blow something or someone up that would be a different set of circumstances but there doesn't seem to be any evidence of that. I reserve the right to reevaluate should something turn-up that she was directly involved in terrorist activities.

FYI, your confusing Joey Buttafuco with John Bobbit.

[dirtboy]

If she was trying to blow something or someone up that would be a different set of circumstances but there doesn't seem to be any evidence of that.

Nah, she was just trying to prevent the Israeli Army from taking action against those involved in blowing something up ... like Israelis. Like Bush said, any more, there ain't much difference between the two.

FYI, your confusing Joey Buttafuco with John Bobbit.

Thanks for the correction.

[holyscroller]

"Can we recruit that bulldozer driver & a couple of his friends to work the streets at the next antiwar rally in Seattle?"

Hiring it to level Evergreen State College would do wonders to clear the worst and most worthless riffraff out of Washington State. The place is a Hell-pit of everything wrong with America's campuses.

[snopercod]

You know, this is what I fear about our modern young troops.

We have a whole generation who are disconnected from reality, thanks to television. On TV, people don't die unless they're "bad". Somebody or something will save them at the last minute. Everything will turn out alright. When you're shot, the paramedics come right away...

The young folks today have been brainwashed with the crap on TV, and with the morality of self-sacrifice. I'm not sure they realize that bad things happen to good people, and that they alone are responsible for protecting their own lives.

I wish more young people could afford to learn to fly. Flying "chelates" all that crap out of one's brain. When you're up there alone, your life depends completely on the decisions you make. It's the best way to learn about how reality works in (above) the world.

[Revolting cat!]

Half the neo-cons supporting our war on terrorism did the same things in the '60's

Yeah, and the other half got university tenure and have been producing gullible fools like this ditzy chick by the thousand. So you are saying that we should mourn her because she was a potential future neo-con? Rather weak, doncha think?