To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 17:56:37 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Political Inventions
From: ronkean at juno.com
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

On Sun, 07 Apr 2002 20:27:46 -0400 Ted White <tedwhite at compusnet.com>
writes:

> Samuel Lubell wrote:
> > But somehow, when it is Jews being killed, the killers are called
> > "militants" not terrorists.

> I don't hear them called that.  I hear them being called (most
> often) "suicide bombers" and (less often) "desperate" and "fanatic."
>
> When 18-year-old girls start blowing themselves up with the
> objective of taking out as many Jews as possible (and actually do kill
a 17-
> year-old  Israeli girl), what does that tell you about their lives and
> attitudes?   Well, for  sure they don't see much of a future for
themselves.
>
> --Ted White
>

When the Washington Post reports on violence in Israeli occupied
Palestine, the term 'Palestinian gunmen' is routinely used to describe
Palestinians carrying or using guns, and the term 'Israeli soldiers' is
used to describe Israelis carrying or using guns.  Of course both of
those terms are not incorrect, but the subtle implication seems to be
that the 'soldiers' are somehow more legitimate than the 'gunmen'.

Ron Kean

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