Palestinian baby killed by Israeli Terrorists

Undertoad · 07-26-2002, 02:50 PM

There ya go! I think it's absolutely correct that you criticize my source. I agree that it's a shitty source and I wasn't about to quote any of the other stats they had on that page - they were clearly trying to construct a very specific case.

The thing is, your number (minus a few weeks of time, I think) is contained within that source. There ARE 3 times the number of Palestinians dead. But this is the first source I've seen that tries to separate out the numbers of combatants vs. non-combatants. Does the Reuters number include the bombers themselves? Or the Palestinians strung up in the town square by their fellow men? I think it does. And if so, it's telling the wrong story.

Of course, Reuters is part of that mainstream media perspective you hate... what a tangle! Tell me, does Mr. Chomsky have any better information?

07-26-2002, 02:50 PM	#31
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	There ya go! I think it's absolutely correct that you criticize my source. I agree that it's a shitty source and I wasn't about to quote any of the other stats they had on that page - they were clearly trying to construct a very specific case. The thing is, your number (minus a few weeks of time, I think) is contained within that source. There ARE 3 times the number of Palestinians dead. But this is the first source I've seen that tries to separate out the numbers of combatants vs. non-combatants. Does the Reuters number include the bombers themselves? Or the Palestinians strung up in the town square by their fellow men? I think it does. And if so, it's telling the wrong story. Of course, Reuters is part of that mainstream media perspective you hate... what a tangle! Tell me, does Mr. Chomsky have any better information?

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