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Killed activist is recalled (Israeli bulldozer "martyr")
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 3/17/03 | Janine DeFao

Posted on 03/17/2003 11:34:28 AM PST by MikalM

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:42:03 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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."


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FYI - The visibility from a bulldozer isn't all that good. I would bet that the operator didn't know that she was there.
83 posted on 03/17/2003 12:07:27 PM PST by mbynack
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To: mbynack
I agree. It's almost impossible to believe that the operator knew she was there.
84 posted on 03/17/2003 12:08:39 PM PST by clintonh8r (It is better to be feared than to be respected.)
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To: Blue Scourge
I have no intention of getting a laugh from this girl's death, but remember that she's over there burning our flag with the same people that danced in the street during the 9/11 attacks.

We are still and angry country. This girl was obviously anti-american, and she put her body in front of a bulldozer to protect the home of a probable terrorist. It may seem tasteless to make fun of her, but it's a hell of a lot better than strapping on a bomb and blowing yourself up along with a bunch of people just like her. That's what the people she was protecting would do.

85 posted on 03/17/2003 12:11:11 PM PST by CarolAnn
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To: Blue Scourge
I'm not defending her cause, she was stupid and paid the price.

Yes, she was stupid. But the people on this and other threads who are praising and/or justifying her death are also stupid. They are giving ammunition to supporters of her cause.

86 posted on 03/17/2003 12:11:21 PM PST by aristeides
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To: LibertyGirl77
I see a very faint resemblance here -- I think this girl could have been an ugly cousin of yours. LOL.
87 posted on 03/17/2003 12:13:08 PM PST by Alberta's Child
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To: rageaholic
That is justice and justice pleases me. If she accidentally fell down an open manhole cover and died, I would not be pleased.

Exactly. Don't play in front of bulldozers unless you are willing to get run over without complaint.

89 posted on 03/17/2003 12:13:28 PM PST by Sloth ("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, Zoolander)
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To: MikalM
I am loath to make light of death, but in this case I'll make an exception.
91 posted on 03/17/2003 12:15:05 PM PST by Liberal Classic (Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est.)
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To: MikalM
Rachel Corrie lived a life of misguided compassion followed by her untimely compression.

I'm surprised that the media didn't squash the story.



92 posted on 03/17/2003 12:15:42 PM PST by Andiceman
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To: Badabing Badaboom
good one
93 posted on 03/17/2003 12:15:43 PM PST by jonalvy44
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To: Jimmyclyde
I didn't call her my hero, if you read my initial comment you'd have seen I referred to her as an ideological dope.

Nice try though.
95 posted on 03/17/2003 12:16:12 PM PST by mr.pink
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To: dep
what a positive influence on the terorrists of tomorrow
96 posted on 03/17/2003 12:16:24 PM PST by jonalvy44
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OMG help,this is too much....Can't wait for the "after" pics to show up on www.rotten.com.No if we can just get Saddam to stand in front of a tank.....
97 posted on 03/17/2003 12:16:30 PM PST by razbinn (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,and the republic for which it stands)
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To: MikalM
Dumb a@@ idealistic college student.

Piece of advice to others: STAY OUT OF WAR ZONES. DUH
98 posted on 03/17/2003 12:19:10 PM PST by 1stFreedom
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To: Blue Scourge
Disregard most of what I said in my previous post

I think your heart is in the right place.

My first inclination was to feel bad for her and her family. I figured she was just young and stupid.

Then I see her burning my flag, and my thoughts turn to anger. She is with us or against us. She made the choice.

Anti-American flag burner dies in foolish display of ignorance. Oh well. I have no pity for anit-American fools.

99 posted on 03/17/2003 12:19:10 PM PST by Strider
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To: razbinn

Shocking stupidity.

100 posted on 03/17/2003 12:20:29 PM PST by freedomson (Baruch habba b'shem Adonai!)
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