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Israel/Palestine

holdencaufield

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7. If your ROFL was not intended towards...

Reply to Scurrilous (Reply #1)

Fri May 18, 2012, 09:21 PM

May 2012

the concept of a tribute to the slain athletes or in fact the athletes themselves, then my most sincere apologies.

However, I hope you can see that given the subject of the thread is the rejection of just such a tribute how I came to that assumption.

Mea culpa

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Israel Olympic officials upset over lack of tribute [View all] shira May 2012 OP

IOC do the right thing? Scurrilous May 2012 #1

Interesting you would find slain Israeli athletes as laugh-worthy. NT holdencaufield May 2012 #2

I believe that laugh was directed at the IOC Alamuti Lotus May 2012 #3

Praise from the master. NT holdencaufield May 2012 #4

That's an incredibly ugly and untrue thing for you to say. Violet_Crumble May 2012 #5

I do not think your right. King_David May 2012 #6

Only someone with reading comprehension issues would struggle to misunderstand the post... Violet_Crumble May 2012 #8

I prefer to think it was just an honest misunderstanding. King_David May 2012 #10

I think that this was a bitter laugh about the whole concept of the IOC doing the right thing LeftishBrit Jun 2012 #12

If your ROFL was not intended towards... holdencaufield May 2012 #7

Why Does Only Israel Want a Munich Moment? shira May 2012 #9

After the infamous 7/7 zellie Jul 2012 #19

US Senate urges Munich Olympic moment of silence Scurrilous Jun 2012 #11

Of course there should be such a tribute... LeftishBrit Jun 2012 #14

There was a moment of silence in 1996 shaayecanaan Jun 2012 #16

ah so a moment of silence wasn't good enough I see azurnoir Jul 2012 #20

Here is a very interesting article about Anke Spitzer, the widow of one of the murdered athletes LeftishBrit Jun 2012 #13

German FM calls for minute of silence for Israeli athletes killed on his territory Scurrilous Jun 2012 #15

Kick King_David Jul 2012 #17

Costas to ‘call out’ IOC over Munich shira Jul 2012 #18

Rogge again rules out minute silence for Israelis Scurrilous Jul 2012 #21

Careful what you decide , Jacques zellie Jul 2012 #22