Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 43758
Berkeley CSUA MOTD
 
WIKI | FAQ | Tech FAQ
http://csua.com/feed/
2025/07/08 [General] UID:1000 Activity:popular
7/8     

2006/7/21-25 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Others] UID:43758 Activity:nil
7/21    U.S. television and print media seem to place less importance on deaths
        of Lebanese civilians
        http://csua.org/u/ghs (Wash Post blog)
        \_ I agree with many of the reader comments posted on this
           page.  I just wish my writing skill is better so I can
           troll the motd with more credible opinions.
2025/07/08 [General] UID:1000 Activity:popular
7/8     

You may also be interested in these entries...
2012/12/4-18 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel] UID:54546 Activity:nil
12/4    Just saw a normal dating ad, except, it's JDATE. The people on the
        commercial don't even look Jew. Are they opening up the doors?
        \_ is she hot?
        \_ I dated a blonde Jewish girl from Wisconsin. She didn't look
           Jewish either.
	...
2012/9/19-11/7 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel] UID:54480 Activity:nil
9/18    Why are so many ACCOUNTANTS Jewish? Not a troll, just curious.
        Gil. Goldberg. Levy. etc...
        \_ Perhaps b/c historically Jews (unlike Christians) were allowed
           to charge interest on loans (usury).
           \_ ok, fine. What about lawyers? I don't get that one.
              Goldberg. Ginsberg. Buergenthal. Rosenthal. Hoffman. Shapiro.
	...
2010/6/6-11 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel] UID:53851 Activity:kinda low
6/6     It is impossible not to be reminded of the classic Jewish joke
        about the Jewish mother in Russia taking leave of her son, who
        has been called up to serve the Czar in the war against Turkey.
        "Don't overexert yourself'" she implores him, "Kill a Turk and
        rest. Kill another Turk and rest again…"
        "But mother," the son interrupts, "What if the Turk kills me?"
	...
2010/2/22-3/30 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:53722 Activity:nil
2/20    Ok serious question, NOT political.  This is straight up procedural.
        Has it been declared that we didn't find WMD in iraq? (think so).
        So why did we go into iraq (what was the gain), and if nobody really
        knows, why is nobody looking for the reason?
        \_ Political stability, military strategy (Iran), and to prevent
           Saddam from financing terrorism.
	...
2009/12/5-26 [Politics/Domestic/911, Recreation/Humor] UID:53568 Activity:nil
12/4    you know the 1999 ending of ST:DS9 shows the protagonists working
        as terrorists, and all worried about a police state coming for the
        federation.  Funny timing, no?
        \_ At that point in time there was a bit of sympathy people were
           starting to extend to "freedom fighters"; vis a vis all the
           popular support many pro-palestine movements were going on -
	...
2009/10/9-22 [Politics/Domestic/RepublicanMedia, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel] UID:53439 Activity:kinda low
10/9    Will Glen Beck's head explode?
        \_ Oh, I'm sure he'll rant and rave.  What else is new?
           Of course, giving Obama the peace prize is dumb, but it's a step
           up from Al Gore.  At least a dozen steps up from Arafat.
           \_ Kissinger beats them all.
              \_ Kissinger stunk, but worse than Arafat?  I dunno. That's close.
	...
2009/9/29-10/8 [Politics/Domestic/Gay, Reference/History/WW2/Germany] UID:53410 Activity:nil
9/29    Can someone tell my why half of the Family Guy theme
        is about 1) Jewish 2) Nazi 3) gay people 4) combination
        of the above? The Weinstein episode, Ann Franke,
        Peter as the brother of Adolf, the constant guy-to-guy
        kissing and gay references... the list goes on and
        on and on. WHY??? Does MacFarlan have a fascination
	...
2009/9/14-21 [Politics/Domestic/Immigration, Politics/Domestic/SocialSecurity] UID:53361 Activity:nil
9/14    Does anyone have the controversial book Bell Curve? I know
        it has the political incorrect [and perhaps flawed] data that
        shows certain race have higher IQ than other race and I'm
        wondering how smart Russians are relative to white Americans
        and East Orientals. I can't seem to Google for this information.
        The only thing I got is the following:
	...
2009/7/28-8/6 [Politics/Domestic] UID:53208 Activity:nil
7/27    http://csua.org/u/oon
        "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sacked the country’s
        intelligence chief in the wake of a controversy that further
        exposed rifts within the political establishment in Tehran. A look
        at recent developments, as top U.S. officials gather for talks in
        Israel."
	...
2008/10/21-26 [Politics/Domestic/911] UID:51613 Activity:nil
10/22   Yet another Bruce Schneier vs The TSA article:
        http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/airport-security
        This is pretty funny:
           On another occasion, at LaGuardia, in New York, the
           transportation-security officer in charge of my secondary
           screening emptied my carry-on bag of nearly everything it
	...
2008/6/12-13 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Others] UID:50239 Activity:kinda low
6/12    Brilliant! Police can bar recruits for having high IQ scores
        http://csua.org/u/lqs (NYTimes)
        \_ But New London police interviewed only candidates who scored 20 to
           27, on the theory that those who scored too high could get bored
           with police work and leave soon after undergoing costly training.
        \_ This is VERY old news.  I've been talking about cops who clearly
	...
2008/4/22-5/2 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Others] UID:49801 Activity:nil
4/22    UNIFIL finds Hezbollah arms; gunmen scatter peacekeepers
        http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/976980.html
        \_ And?
	...
2008/2/8-11 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:49096 Activity:moderate
2/8     i kind of liked Romney.  oh well.
        \_ I called him an idiot at first because of his "political act". But
           accepting that as part of politics, I certainly liked him much
           more than McCain. Romney has more real leadership experience, and
           McCain seems kind of unstable. And too war happy and egotistical.
        \_ I like Fred Thompson ... 's wife.
	...
Cache (8192 bytes)
csua.org/u/ghs -> blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/2006/07/a_conflict_viewed_through_very_1.html
World Opinion Roundup by Jefferson Morley A Daily Survey of What the International Online Media Are Saying A Conflict Viewed Through Very Different Lenses Are Americans being given a very different view of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict than their counterparts in Europe and elsewhere? Yes, according to commentators in Muslim and European media. editors of the Jordan Times are especially critical of the US television coverage. "Not only the Lebanese and Arabs but any educated, broad-minded person equipped with the necessary tools that do not allow him to succumb to the mighty propaganda machine have, over the past few days, all the reasons to be furious at the coverage by major US networks of the tragedy unfolding in Lebanon." Western media has dropped the ball," according to the managing editor of the Daily Star in Lebanon. "The vast majority of Western media reports do not accurately portray the fact that the vast majority of the dead are civilians, most of them women and children," wrote Marc J Sirois on Thursday. "For the most part Western television viewers, newspaper readers, and Web surfers are reading highly sanitized versions of the news, spun in such a way as to dilute the brutality of the Israeli onslaught and especially to ensure that blame is placed squarely on Lebanon in general and Hizbullah in particular." In the English-language Arab media, the civilian toll, not Hezbollah's attacks on Israel, is the central issue. columnist for Dar Al-Hayat, a popular Arab daily, "It may only be described as severe and radical collective punishment. In the crushing confrontation that is taking place, the Jewish State shows an instinctive inclination to regard its people as ... the Gulf News in Dubai, wrote that the UN and the Arab League "sent a clear signal to the Arabs that the international community is not interested in protecting their lives against a state-sponsored terrorism." Hezbollah should have known better, said a former Kuwaiti oil minister, precisely because Israeli retaliation against non-combatants should have been predicted. "Maybe Nasrallah did not think about the repercussions of his actions. When he captured two Israeli soldiers, maybe Nasrallah didn't expect such a bloody response from Israel. This should be counted as a blunder committed by Nasrallah. He should have known Israel is an enemy which doesn't show any mercy and deals with Arabs in the bloodiest possible manner." In other words, the West long ago stopped caring about Muslim civilians. net that "the same racist impulse that considers Israeli lives worth more than Arab lives is at play here. I have no doubt that the lives of Arabs never meant much for the descendants of colonial powers in the region. Covering Civilian Casualties In European media, the civilian toll in Lebanon is often seen as trumping all other considerations. German broadcast network Deutsche Welle said "it is absurd and inhuman to constitute a new order in Lebanon based on this suffering and misery of innocent people." Wednesday's Washington Post reported, the "High Civilian Price for Both Sides." The differences can be seen in what editors and reporters think is most important. The Post: "Israeli airstrikes hit targets in Beirut's main Christian enclave on Wednesday as hundreds of US citizens boarded a cruise ship chartered to evacuate them to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. In southern Lebanon, Israeli troops carrying out a cross-border raid clashed with fighters of the radical Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah, which fired more rockets into northern Israel." AFP/Naharnet News: "At least 55 civilians were killed on Wednesday as Israeli jets and gunboats pummeled towns and villages across Lebanon and tens of thousands of people fled a conflict that both sides defiantly warned would have no limit. In the bloodiest day since the fighting erupted eight days ago, two Israeli children and one adult were also killed in a Hizbullah rocket attack on the holy city of Nazareth while two soldiers were killed in clashes with the group's fighters." The Guardian of London reported on the incident in detail: "The scene was littered with small plastic sandals, several caked in blood. Ismael, the father of one of the children, sat on the edge of the crater, his head in his hands weeping. Only children here,' he said, referring to the militant Islamist group that kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and which Israel says it is targeting in the wave of attacks. interviewed one of the children as part of a longer story. Another incident that drew attention was the Israeli bombing of two vehicles in which at least 18 people died. "They had been among residents fleeing villages close to the Israeli border and were killed when missiles struck a car and a minibus near Shamaa, hospital sources said. the Pew Global Attitude survey conducted earlier this year. That survey found that 48 percent of Americans sympathized with Israel as compared with 13 percent who sympathized with Palestinians. Americans are also more likely than the people of any other country to regard US policy in the Middle East as "fair," according to Pew pollsters. In one 2003 survey, 47 percent thought US policy in the Middle East favored neither the Israelis or the Palestinians. The disparate reaction to Lebanon's civilian casualties may simply reflect the larger beliefs of the societies in which journalists work. Western media guilty of not telling the real story in Lebanon" --Roy Greenslade, Guardian blogger, United Kingdom: "for the most part western TV viewers, newspaper readers and web surfers are reading highly sanitised versions of the news, spun in such a way as to dilute the brutality of the Israeli onslaught and especially to ensure that blame is placed squarely on Lebanon in general and Hizbullah in particular." US Media Favors Israel in War in Lebanon" -- Kazinform, Kazakstan news agency: "An American reporter once reminded me that we cannot blame the American people for their limited, one-sided understanding of what is happening in the Middle East. It is the American media that must be chastised for its disproportionateness." op-ed columnist Richard Cohen published a screed so offensive, and so outrageous, that it should prompt every clear-headed individual to shun the American capital's paper of record and cancel their subscriptions forthwith." "The disparate reaction to Lebanon's civilian casualties may simply reflect the larger beliefs of the societies in which journalists work." American's bigoted view of the Mideast is formed by the deeply biased reporting. When it comes to the Middle East we have no free press - we are the most self-censored press in the world. Posted by: David | July 21, 2006 02:49 AM I really hope we can blame the American media for the callous disregard that has been shown by the US leadership to the bloodshed and destruction in Lebanon. Otherwise we would have to wonder how Americans, always depicted by the Hollywood fairytale as caring, compassionate and highly moral people, can bear to watch children being massacred in large numbers while they tut tut about the horrible terrorists. He was almost in tears over his concern with the 'murderous' and 'immoral' nature of stem cell research at the same time that he gives the go ahead to another week of slaughter of innocent civilians - most of them real, living children. Posted by: PW | July 21, 2006 03:26 AM Thank you for this review. America has been propagandized for decades about the Middle East and Israel. Israel long ago chose violence as its way of dealing with its neighbors and the United States became its willing enabler, with hundreds of millions of dollars per year (OUR dollars) going to Israel for the purchase of weapons of war to use against poverty-stricken Palestinians and, later, Lebanese. Hamas and Hezbollah were the result of Israel's previous actions. The legislation passed by the Congress yesterday trumpets to the world the nonsense that Israel is in danger of annihilation and is therefore justified in its war against the citizens of both Palestine and Lebanon. Will Israel's continued campaign of death and destruction lead to peace? Posted b...