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In reply to the discussion: Jimmy Carter Calls Corrie Case Ruling ‘Unacceptable’ [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)35. She was trying to stop home demolitions.
Home demolitions were totally unjustifiable, they do NOTHING to stop terrorism, and the home she died trying to save belonged to a pharmacist who had nothing to do with violence.
(on edit...am deleting this part of the post because I can't verify it as of now).
Her parents have nothing to feel guilty about...she was an adult and they didn't have the power to keep her from going to Palestine. Don't disrespect them in their grief.
She died to stop an injustice.
Can you please stop spewing contempt? Or, at least, can you do something other than just repeating "the line"? Use your own words.
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It's like when we hear cops getting off scott free after an obvious case of murder.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2012
#5
she was 23 years old that is a bit past the age of parental allowing or not n/t
azurnoir
Aug 2012
#9
.....nor was she obligated to try to protect those that were trying to kill me....
pelsar
Sep 2012
#70
Would you trust some fellow Israelis on the matter? or your own army? From the ICAHD website:
Ken Burch
Sep 2012
#89
I didn't mean anything like what you implied in the first line of that post, obviously.
Ken Burch
Sep 2012
#92
no...israelis dont have any particular character that puts them above anybody else...
pelsar
Sep 2012
#91
material possessions are not the same as human lives....(a very capitalistic approach you have)
pelsar
Sep 2012
#94
I thought I had a cite...at this point I don't...I've deleted that part of the post.
Ken Burch
Sep 2012
#69
I thought I had a cite...at this point I don't...I've deleted that part of the post.
Ken Burch
Sep 2012
#68
I thought I had a cite...at this point I don't...I've deleted that part of the post.
Ken Burch
Sep 2012
#67
Her parents have every reason to be proud of their daughter, and I assume they are
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#76
It wasn't "a vacation" She was doing serious, respect-worthy work for peace and justice.
Ken Burch
Aug 2012
#13
In Rachel Corrie verdict, Israel deals new blow to international law (Jeff Halper)
azurnoir
Aug 2012
#21
Israel has the responsibility to protect innocent people in its jurisdiction or area of operations,
aranthus
Aug 2012
#30
well it seem that if Israel is indeed responsible and Corrie who is a civilwas killed as a result of
azurnoir
Aug 2012
#34
IDF was allowing civilians in an area where military operations were taking place without taking
azurnoir
Sep 2012
#54
so apparently IDF should not protect the lives of civilians what more can I say thanks n/t
azurnoir
Sep 2012
#61
parts 1 and 2 of your comment are quite conflicting but was Rachel Corrie a civilian
azurnoir
Sep 2012
#115
feel free to call/think/believe us as N....i am indirectly here called that anyway
pelsar
Sep 2012
#122
Excuse me, but it's Republican tactics to apply the term "bias" to an individual.
Ken Burch
Aug 2012
#36
Indeed. There are just as many innocent Palestinian victims as there are innocent Israeli victims.
Ken Burch
Sep 2012
#98