Posted on 08/21/2004 4:59:18 PM PDT by SJackson
OTOH, if the prisoners are truly shahids, IE they have publicly expressed their intent to be homicide bombers or gunmen, they know they will be dishonored if they do not die and in the process cause some harm to Israel. Better that they fulfill their commitment where they cannot take innocent lives with them. Maybe they'll get a couple of virgins for being poster boys. If they live and are later released, Islam and the PA will not allow them to renounce their former pledge to become shahids.
Don't lie awake at nights. They aren't really "fasting." They are drinking liquids (like "Slim Fast and "Ensure") and night time doesn't count. That's when they stuff their faces.
I found this letter in the "Jerusalem Post."
Veggie burgers for hunger strikers?
Sir, - I am deeply disturbed that Israel's Prison Service is planning on holding barbecues in hopes that the aroma of dead flesh will entice Palestinian prisoners to break their avowed hunger strike ("Prisoners' hunger strike picks up speed," August 19). I urge officials to consider alternative, nonviolent methods. Innocent animals raised for food are incarcerated their entire lives on factory farms in filthy, overcrowded conditions. They undergo debeaking, dehorning and castration without painkillers and are often skinned or dismembered at slaughterhouses while still conscious. One of the largest slaughterhouses in the US, which supplies chicken to KFC, was compared to Abu Ghraib in the Los Angeles Times. By tempting prisoners with the products of this bloody industry prison officials are encouraging a cruel indifference to all forms of pain and suffering, which can only incite more violence. On August 17, PETA wrote to Yaakov Ganot, Director of the National Prison Authority, offering an alternative: If prison officials feel they have exhausted all avenues for constructive negotiations and believe they have no recourse but to resort to tempting prisoners with food, PETA will supply the prisons, as a gift, with 3,800 kosher vegetarian burgers for a more humane barbecue - one veggie burger for every security prisoner - in hopes that this will inspire a more peaceful resolution to the current prison crisis.
PHILIP SCHEIN
PETA
Hampton, Virginia
I just learned something new. KFC puts panties on chickens heads.
Let's not forget the hunger strike among IRA prisoners...the death of Bobby Sands...in Northern Ireland. Hopefully, Britain will remain silent on this issue. If not, and they throw mud at Israel, they should receive some of the same.
The PA "hunger strike" is not even a real fast like the IRA's. They are sneaking food while claiming to be "fasting" kind of like "Ramadan."
Exactly so. Lady Thatcher meant what she said and that was that. This Palestinian charade doesn't compare to the horror of those times in Northern Ireland and Britain. I speak of the present hunger strike, not the violence, which is every bit as evil and deadly. Well, the ends justify the means. That's what it's all about, and in the meantime, Arafat gulls hapless followers into killing themselves while he squirrels billions away in Switzerland. The difference here, as you point out, is that with Muslims, they'll lie, cheat, and steal to achieve their ends. It's more of Falluhah and Najif and every other time we had them in our sights and they promised peace. Not going to happen, and GW needs to kick serious ass before Muslims get it worldwide.
ROFL! And I just participated in the cycle of violence by eating some tasty hot wings too.
LOL, ....a wit.
It's interesting that the names of the other ten men who starved along with Bobby Sands have largely been forgotten. The first shahid will be considered a "tragedy"; the rest will be statistics.
There won't be any starvation deaths on this "hunger strike." Maybe somebody will choke to death while trying to scarf a sandwich.
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