Author Topic: US Journalist Dead (Read 669 times)

Kratzer · « **on:** February 21, 2002, 04:14:20 PM »

http://www.msnbc.com/news/694028.asp?0na=x21017R3-

midnight Target · « **Reply #1 on:** February 21, 2002, 05:17:24 PM »

ispar · « **Reply #2 on:** February 21, 2002, 05:27:07 PM »

Those bastards.

Eagler · « **Reply #3 on:** February 21, 2002, 05:43:52 PM »

brave warriors, killed reporter armed with pad & pencil

what did they mean to accomplish by taking that course of action?

freakin animals, need to be exterminated - every last one of them

Pollock · « **Reply #4 on:** February 21, 2002, 06:26:05 PM »

These diddlying animals seem to have a mission to see there god
jihad, whatever

It is our goal to make sure they make the meeting!

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #5 on:** February 21, 2002, 06:50:52 PM »

But remember the jihadis aren't the bad guys, there are no bad guys and no good guys. It's all relative. Right......

I hope the news community learns a lesson here and doesn't let this innocent man's senseless murder become totally meaingless.

Sandman · « **Reply #6 on:** February 21, 2002, 07:17:33 PM »

In 2000, according to FBI records, over 13,000 people were murdered in the United States.

That's more than 35 people every single day. I imagine that most of them didn't have to travel half-way around the world to find someone willing to kill them.

Nor, will you find their pictures spattlered all over the national evening news.

Ya know... there is a reason why our government posts these warnings:

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Pakistan - Consular Information Sheet
May 23, 2001
TRAVEL WARNING (Issued May 14, 2001): The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to evaluate carefully the implications for their security and safety before deciding to travel to Pakistan.

Information received by the U.S. Government suggests a continued need for vigilance on the part of American citizens resident in, or traveling through, Pakistan.

Given the presence of international terrorist Usama Bin Ladin in neighboring Afghanistan and the public sympathy and support for him in Pakistan, and the presence of indigenous terrorist groups in Pakistan, the Department urges all American citizens resident in, or traveling through, Pakistan to take appropriate steps to maintain their security awareness. Events in the Middle East have increased the possibility of violence...

Read the rest if you like.

Animal · « **Reply #7 on:** February 21, 2002, 07:20:17 PM »

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Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
In 2000, according to FBI records, over 13,000 people were murdered in the United States.

That's more than 35 people every single day.

Yeah. but since those didnt happen overseas...

He was a journalist, he knew he was in big danger. In that kind of profession, you have to weight in the risk and decide if the story is worth risking your life.

The idiotic shoe bomber was not a worthy story to die for.

ispar · « **Reply #8 on:** February 21, 2002, 07:26:08 PM »

Sandman, I agree with you in principle (having this stuff thrown at me all day is why I no longer watch TV news), but I don't know if this is the place. Yes, this is being used to inflame sentiment and could turn into another political excuse, but the fact is that it is a tragedy, and hearing of it makes me sad, regardless of why I happened to hear it. There are millions of sick bastards and millions of innocent victims in the world. I happen to have heard about these ones.

Here's hoping that this isn't blown out of proportion to the degree it could be...

Gunthr · « **Reply #9 on:** February 21, 2002, 09:32:02 PM »

Just brilliant. Handcuff him behind his back and put a bullet in his head. Brave Islamic Jihad. Holy Warriors.

Kratzer · « **Reply #10 on:** February 21, 2002, 11:54:21 PM »

I actually read that they did him with a knife, and that it wasn't pleasant.

StSanta · « **Reply #11 on:** February 22, 2002, 12:04:11 PM »

Ah yes, I see how there being murders in the US, and him being a reporter makes it OK for idiotss to slit his throat and film it

Sandman · « **Reply #12 on:** February 22, 2002, 12:50:06 PM »

It's not my point to diminish Pearl or to infer that his family's sense of loss is somehow less than anyone else.

It's NOT okay to kill people. Its especially vicious to film it and send it home to the folks.

But... Pearl is no more important than those other 13,000 people. The only reason you see his story on television and the papers and hear it on the radio is because he's part of the media. The same media that has this silly notion that they can closely observe a conflict and not expect to be dragged into it, willing or not.

Maniac · « **Reply #13 on:** February 22, 2002, 01:37:04 PM »

I find this just as sad as when the US sent an rocket and killed those 3 afghanistan farmers because 1 of them was tall and could have been Bin Ladin.

Gunthr · « **Reply #14 on:** February 22, 2002, 01:51:59 PM »

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But... Pearl is no more important than those other 13,000 people. The only reason you see his story on television and the papers and hear it on the radio is because he's part of the media.

- Sandman

Wrong. The reason you see this story on tv, radio and the papers all over the world is because this particular kidnapping/murder was perpetrated by militant Islamic extremists who attempted to extort the United States of America, and shame and embarass the country of Pakistan.

In addition, the victim was murdered in a particularly henieous fashion, his throat cut and then he was decapitated. This outrage is compounded by the fact that the whole thing was video taped and sent to the media.

When you add the human drama of the victim's wife being 6 months pregnant, begging in broadcasts for her husband's life, its pretty obvious why this was reported so widely. It would have been the same if the victim had been an American restroom attendant.