Comments on: New York Timespeak:”Militants,” (not Islamist terrorists), Only “60 Lightly Wounded in Ashkelon,” (Nothing Compared to the numbers dead in Burma and China), And a Good Time Was Had By President Bush and other Western Celebrities in Jerusalem. http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/05/15/new-york-timespeak%e2%80%9dmilitants%e2%80%9d-not-islamist-terrorists-only-60-lightly-wounded-in-ashkelon%e2%80%9d-nothing-compared-to-the-numbers-dead-in-burma-and-china-and-a-good-time/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:22:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dr S McCosker http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/05/15/new-york-timespeak%e2%80%9dmilitants%e2%80%9d-not-islamist-terrorists-only-60-lightly-wounded-in-ashkelon%e2%80%9d-nothing-compared-to-the-numbers-dead-in-burma-and-china-and-a-good-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 Dr S McCosker Wed, 21 May 2008 00:47:36 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/05/15/new-york-timespeak%e2%80%9dmilitants%e2%80%9d-not-islamist-terrorists-only-60-lightly-wounded-in-ashkelon%e2%80%9d-nothing-compared-to-the-numbers-dead-in-burma-and-china-and-a-good-time/#comment-1211 You can always do what I do with such things - amuse yourself by rewriting the article for greater clarity. For example, let's see what happens to that first paragraph you quoted. "Gazan Arab medics and others claimed that four 'palestinian' Arab Muslims, two of them jihadis, were killed, and nine wounded, when the Israeli army attacked jihad fortress Gaza in response to the jihadis' ongoing rocket barrage against southern Israel. Inside Israel in Ashkelon, an Iranian-made rocket fired by Hamas' jihadis from within northern Gaza wounded sixty Jewish civilians; a two year old girl and her mother suffered life-threatening injuries". There. Better? I wrote 'claimed' re. the Palestinian Arab Muslim casualties, because Mohammed said 'war is deceit' and I have reached the point where I am not prepared to give automatic credit to anything an Arab Muslim spokesperson says, without independent third-party corroboration. You can always do what I do with such things – amuse yourself by rewriting the article for greater clarity. For example, let’s see what happens to that first paragraph you quoted.
“Gazan Arab medics and others claimed that four ‘palestinian’ Arab Muslims, two of them jihadis, were killed, and nine wounded, when the Israeli army attacked jihad fortress Gaza in response to the jihadis’ ongoing rocket barrage against southern Israel. Inside Israel in Ashkelon, an Iranian-made rocket fired by Hamas’ jihadis from within northern Gaza wounded sixty Jewish civilians; a two year old girl and her mother suffered life-threatening injuries”.

There. Better? I wrote ‘claimed’ re. the Palestinian Arab Muslim casualties, because Mohammed said ‘war is deceit’ and I have reached the point where I am not prepared to give automatic credit to anything an Arab Muslim spokesperson says, without independent third-party corroboration.

]]> By: carolyn ammenheuser http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/05/15/new-york-timespeak%e2%80%9dmilitants%e2%80%9d-not-islamist-terrorists-only-60-lightly-wounded-in-ashkelon%e2%80%9d-nothing-compared-to-the-numbers-dead-in-burma-and-china-and-a-good-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1184 carolyn ammenheuser Tue, 20 May 2008 16:21:18 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/05/15/new-york-timespeak%e2%80%9dmilitants%e2%80%9d-not-islamist-terrorists-only-60-lightly-wounded-in-ashkelon%e2%80%9d-nothing-compared-to-the-numbers-dead-in-burma-and-china-and-a-good-time/#comment-1184 Dear Phyllis, Thank you for writing what needs to be written. I do read your articles faithfully. Yes, I agree the NYT has lost its moral compass, if not its moral courage, which are so needed in this time of ennui, but I would like to ask about another New York icon. I would be very interested in your opinion and response to the current installation at The Guggenheim by Cia Guo-Qiang. The installation simulates, and glorifies a car bombing "that the violence has a beauty and harmony." Also, it seems to me, that the Guggenheim embraces the artist's vision of art that includes his fascination with 'unstable environments', old kilns, and military bunkers. Has anyone spoken out against this acceptance of ' violent harmony'? Thank you for your work. Dear Phyllis,

Thank you for writing what needs to be written. I do read your articles faithfully.

Yes, I agree the NYT has lost its moral compass, if not its moral courage, which are so needed in this time of ennui, but I would like to ask about another New York icon.

I would be very interested in your opinion and response to the current installation at The Guggenheim by Cia Guo-Qiang. The installation simulates, and glorifies a car bombing “that the violence has a beauty and harmony.”

Also, it seems to me, that the Guggenheim embraces the artist’s vision of art that includes his fascination with ‘unstable environments’, old kilns, and military bunkers.

Has anyone spoken out against this acceptance of ‘ violent harmony’?

Thank you for your work.

]]> By: Norman Simms http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/05/15/new-york-timespeak%e2%80%9dmilitants%e2%80%9d-not-islamist-terrorists-only-60-lightly-wounded-in-ashkelon%e2%80%9d-nothing-compared-to-the-numbers-dead-in-burma-and-china-and-a-good-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Norman Simms Thu, 15 May 2008 22:42:31 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/05/15/new-york-timespeak%e2%80%9dmilitants%e2%80%9d-not-islamist-terrorists-only-60-lightly-wounded-in-ashkelon%e2%80%9d-nothing-compared-to-the-numbers-dead-in-burma-and-china-and-a-good-time/#comment-1055 Phyllis It is a good idea to do the running commentary on The New York Times. I back you completely, but at the same time fear that you thus put yourself forward for even more hatred--and there should be a way that the rest of us can share that public burden and show our solidarity with you so that you are not perceived as the Lone Voice of Reason against all the madness in the world today. It is not just the NY Times or the BBC or any other single news medium that shouts its hatred of Israel day after day, relentlessly, sometimes quite openly and sometimes with the false mantle of equivalence or objectivity, but virtually every news agency in the world. Norman Phyllis

It is a good idea to do the running commentary on The New York Times. I back you completely, but at the same time fear that you thus put yourself forward for even more hatred–and there should be a way that the rest of us can share that public burden and show our solidarity with you so that you are not perceived as the Lone Voice of Reason against all the madness in the world today.

It is not just the NY Times or the BBC or any other single news medium that shouts its hatred of Israel day after day, relentlessly, sometimes quite openly and sometimes with the false mantle of equivalence or objectivity, but virtually every news agency in the world.

Norman

]]> By: George Jochnowitz http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/05/15/new-york-timespeak%e2%80%9dmilitants%e2%80%9d-not-islamist-terrorists-only-60-lightly-wounded-in-ashkelon%e2%80%9d-nothing-compared-to-the-numbers-dead-in-burma-and-china-and-a-good-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1054 George Jochnowitz Thu, 15 May 2008 20:43:34 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/05/15/new-york-timespeak%e2%80%9dmilitants%e2%80%9d-not-islamist-terrorists-only-60-lightly-wounded-in-ashkelon%e2%80%9d-nothing-compared-to-the-numbers-dead-in-burma-and-china-and-a-good-time/#comment-1054 For reasons nobody will ever understand, Israel is the most hated country on earth. In 1972 or some such year, when Israel was not in the news as much as it is today, members of the Japanese Red Army chose to give up their own lives in order to kill random passengers at Lod Airport. It turned out that many of those they killed were Puerto Rican Christian pilgrims, but I'm sure that had they known what would happen,they would have been willing to kill innocent Puerto Ricans so that they could kill innocent Jews. What they did made no sense, but then, the ferocity of anti-Zionism makes no sense. For reasons nobody will ever understand, Israel is the most hated country on earth. In 1972 or some such year, when Israel was not in the news as much as it is today, members of the Japanese Red Army chose to give up their own lives in order to kill random passengers at Lod Airport. It turned out that many of those they killed were Puerto Rican Christian pilgrims, but I’m sure that had they known what would happen,they would have been willing to kill innocent Puerto Ricans so that they could kill innocent Jews. What they did made no sense, but then, the ferocity of anti-Zionism makes no sense.

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