{"id":1374,"date":"2003-03-18T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2003-03-18T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=1374"},"modified":"2003-03-18T15:36:00","modified_gmt":"2003-03-18T19:36:00","slug":"bulldozer-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2003\/03\/18\/15\/36\/bulldozer-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulldozer Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many apologists<\/a> for the Bulldozer Murder have worked themselves into an absolute frenzy<\/a> arguing that the crushed woman was not easily visible to the driver. Eyewitness<\/a> accounts<\/a> refute this propaganda.
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The bulldozer began driving towards her. She waved for the bulldozer to stop and climbed onto the pile of rubble in front of her. The bulldozer continued to advance, burying her in the pile of rubble before driving over her twice. The seven other ISM activists yelled for the driver to stop as they listened to Rachel’s screams. Once the bulldozer had driven completely forward over Rachel, then backed over her again, they ran to dig her body out of the rubble and dirt. She was taken to the hospital where she was proclaimed dead of injuries to her head and chest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Another line of personal attack against this murdered woman is to imply that her non-violent activities somehow aided “Terrorism”. I think the clearest analogy refuting this propaganda is here:
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The house was being demolished not because there was any evidence that it had been used by militants, but because it was within 100 meters of a new security wall, and might be used by militants. In other words, Corrie was supporting terrorists about as much as Charlton Heston supported the Columbine shooters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The image of her with her red jacket may become as iconographic as the classic Tiananmen Square student-vs-tank photo:
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\nBut I fear not because it was not so expertly framed.<\/p>\n

Some people say this plucky little guy<\/a> is still alive<\/a>. Which is more than can be said for Rachel Corrie<\/a>, who’s now enjoying a bizarre, mediated<\/a> afterlife<\/a> with many, many stirring<\/a> eulogies<\/a>. And to think she died for what is basically a particularly ruthless, illegal<\/a> vers<\/a>ion<\/a> of urban planning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And as for incommensurate and culturally biased coverage of murders in Israel\/Palestine, I note that a Washington Post article<\/a> spends 700 words telling readers of Rachel’s murder while reserving the last 40-odd words, right at the bottom, to inform readers of the killing of two Palestinians by Israeli soldiers on the same day in the same neighbourhood. Their deaths are framed by the ameliorating “according to Palestinian media reports” tagline, which acts to dilute the “fact” of their deaths. Deaths of Americans, or Israelis, are never “according to Israeli media reports”. This is a trick taught in Propaganda 101 – Invalidate Enemy Casualties By Questionable Attribution Implication.<\/p>\n

All News Is Not Created Equal<\/a>. Palestinians burning US flags<\/a> is big news, while Palestinians waving US flags is largely ignored<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earlier here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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