Comments on: Who Would Have Been Murdered? http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/ It's a Jewish Blog! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Darnell http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/#comment-1418776 Mike Darnell Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:27:52 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=12000#comment-1418776 It was kinda shocking to see myself listed as a potential victim. Scary. Gruesome. Worrying too. I think that had you listed me this way 6 months ago I woulda' shrugged it off but all that has changed now that I'm a father. As an ex-infantry officer I've seen my share of death and grieving. 28 military funerals I've attended to date. It's a dumb thing to say, but they always SUCK. They suck your understanding of the world from you. You remain stupefied by how unfair and stupid and pointless everything is. They suck the joy from the sunlit day (somehow they're always on beautiful sunlit days). They suck a little life out of everyone attending and lay it to rest together with the pitiful remains (remains are always pitiful - they suck too...) Now that I'm a father I realize that they suck a vital portion out of the fabric that is a family. All that's left is an ugly gaping hole with torn edges that can never be completely sewn together. You're a good friend CK but you kinda suck too. It just got a little colder in my room... :( Mike @pop_art It was kinda shocking to see myself listed as a potential victim. Scary. Gruesome. Worrying too.

I think that had you listed me this way 6 months ago I woulda’ shrugged it off but all that has changed now that I’m a father.

As an ex-infantry officer I’ve seen my share of death and grieving. 28 military funerals I’ve attended to date.

It’s a dumb thing to say, but they always SUCK.

They suck your understanding of the world from you. You remain stupefied by how unfair and stupid and pointless everything is.
They suck the joy from the sunlit day (somehow they’re always on beautiful sunlit days).
They suck a little life out of everyone attending and lay it to rest together with the pitiful remains (remains are always pitiful – they suck too…)
Now that I’m a father I realize that they suck a vital portion out of the fabric that is a family. All that’s left is an ugly gaping hole with torn edges that can never be completely sewn together.

You’re a good friend CK but you kinda suck too.
It just got a little colder in my room…
:(

Mike
@pop_art

]]> By: Ilana http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/#comment-1418772 Ilana Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:13:48 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=12000#comment-1418772 This has weighed on me since I was a teenager taking the bus to school in Neve Yaakov every day. Yes, I am screwed up, why do you ask? This has weighed on me since I was a teenager taking the bus to school in Neve Yaakov every day.

Yes, I am screwed up, why do you ask?

]]> By: Extremism Update « Samuel J. Scott http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/#comment-1416381 Extremism Update « Samuel J. Scott Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:18:48 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=12000#comment-1416381 [...] (Hat tip: Jewlicious) [...] [...] (Hat tip: Jewlicious) [...]

]]> By: Fun Joel http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/#comment-1416334 Fun Joel Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:17:45 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=12000#comment-1416334 I for one am glad they didn't murder me. Or any of you other people that I know, or don't know. And yeah, I too was shocked at how matter of factly the story was reported. Thanks, CK! I for one am glad they didn’t murder me. Or any of you other people that I know, or don’t know.

And yeah, I too was shocked at how matter of factly the story was reported.

Thanks, CK!

]]> By: Tom Morrissey http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/#comment-1415518 Tom Morrissey Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:14:56 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=12000#comment-1415518 The Nobel Prize changes everything. The Nobel Prize changes everything.

]]> By: Larry http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/#comment-1415228 Larry Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:46:56 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=12000#comment-1415228 Wow. What a great post. Thanks. Reading your post has redeemed the way I started my day off here in NYC... namely watching a great acceptance speech by President Obama in Oslo, Norway, but being irritated that the cameraperson kept showing a bearded, kipah wearing young man in the audience when Obama talked about the need to a just peace with human rights. Wow. What a great post. Thanks. Reading your post has redeemed the way I started my day off here in NYC… namely watching a great acceptance speech by President Obama in Oslo, Norway, but being irritated that the cameraperson kept showing a bearded, kipah wearing young man in the audience when Obama talked about the need to a just peace with human rights.

]]> By: vicki http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/#comment-1415176 vicki Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:20:11 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=12000#comment-1415176 Why is the nice bearded man in the video wearing a dress and a Gandalf-like cloak? I wish they came out with this story on DVD. :( CK, great post, as usual. Why is the nice bearded man in the video wearing a dress and a Gandalf-like cloak? I wish they came out with this story on DVD. :(

CK, great post, as usual.

]]> By: themiddle http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/#comment-1415132 themiddle Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:17:33 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=12000#comment-1415132 Everybody should click on Shy Guy's link. Unbelievable. Everybody should click on Shy Guy’s link. Unbelievable.

]]> By: What War Zone??? http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/#comment-1415075 What War Zone??? Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:24:23 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=12000#comment-1415075 As usual, you Zionist bloggers are filled with half-truths. I contemplate my comedy routines on the bus or while eating chumus. OPPRESSOR LIARS! As usual, you Zionist bloggers are filled with half-truths. I contemplate my comedy routines on the bus or while eating chumus. OPPRESSOR LIARS!

]]> By: Shy Guy http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/#comment-1415061 Shy Guy Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:12:39 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=12000#comment-1415061 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=806ZNYWzE1M" rel="nofollow"><b>Who will be tomorrow's murderers?</b></a> Who will be tomorrow’s murderers?

]]> By: SarKE http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/#comment-1415060 SarKE Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:09:05 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=12000#comment-1415060 The basic (seemigly obtuse) assumption that everything will be OK is necessary to prevent collective basketcaseness. Thinking like this all the time would make us a society of jumpy nutballs. And yet - an occasional reminder like this one for gratitude, for our wellbeing and to those who made it so -is a really really good thing. So thanks. This line between being eternally thankful and being eternally anxious is already thin in the human condition, but never thinner than in Jeru. The basic (seemigly obtuse) assumption that everything will be OK is necessary to prevent collective basketcaseness. Thinking like this all the time would make us a society of jumpy nutballs. And yet – an occasional reminder like this one for gratitude, for our wellbeing and to those who made it so -is a really really good thing. So thanks. This line between being eternally thankful and being eternally anxious is already thin in the human condition, but never thinner than in Jeru.

]]> By: themiddle http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/#comment-1415009 themiddle Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:28:48 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=12000#comment-1415009 You whiner! The Palestinians have no F-15s so these are their weapons! They are resisting an illegal occupation as is their right according to international law. If you would stop with your illegal settlements as per the Geneva Convention, then you wouldn't have to worry so much about your precious friends or your own hide. Reap what you sow, you evil, water-grubbing, land-stealing, militaristic, descendant of the Khazars, non-Jew pig! Enjoy your Protocols of the Elders of Zion as they make you into the Nazis of today. No wonder the Palestinians are trying to kill your friends. ;) I gave you 5 stars anyway. You whiner! The Palestinians have no F-15s so these are their weapons! They are resisting an illegal occupation as is their right according to international law. If you would stop with your illegal settlements as per the Geneva Convention, then you wouldn’t have to worry so much about your precious friends or your own hide. Reap what you sow, you evil, water-grubbing, land-stealing, militaristic, descendant of the Khazars, non-Jew pig! Enjoy your Protocols of the Elders of Zion as they make you into the Nazis of today. No wonder the Palestinians are trying to kill your friends.

;)

I gave you 5 stars anyway.

]]> By: Jack http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/#comment-1415000 Jack Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:21:41 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=12000#comment-1415000 Kind of surreal to read the Jmatch ad that says prepare to be blown away. Kind of surreal to read the Jmatch ad that says prepare to be blown away.

]]> By: ASoldiersMother http://www.jewlicious.com/2009/12/who-would-have-been-murdered/#comment-1414989 ASoldiersMother Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:49:00 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=12000#comment-1414989 excellent question. In August of 2001, the answer was 15 innocent people, including 7 children. One was Malki Roth...there were two terrorists involved. They crossed through a checkpoint - perhaps Kalania, perhaps another - the location is known, I just don't remember or think it matters anymore. The male terrorist and his companion carried a guitar loaded with explosives... They strolled, a handsome young couple, through the checkpoint, through into the center of Jerusalem. He blew himself up, forever killing 15-year old Malki and all the dreams she might have had for her future, forever devastating her family. Who would have been killed this time? An excellent question we should all ask ourselves the next time anyone dares to question the security fence, the need for checkpoints, and more. Thanks for being the one to ask this time! I hope I remember not to be immune next time and ask myself too! excellent question. In August of 2001, the answer was 15 innocent people, including 7 children. One was Malki Roth…there were two terrorists involved. They crossed through a checkpoint – perhaps Kalania, perhaps another – the location is known, I just don’t remember or think it matters anymore. The male terrorist and his companion carried a guitar loaded with explosives…

They strolled, a handsome young couple, through the checkpoint, through into the center of Jerusalem. He blew himself up, forever killing 15-year old Malki and all the dreams she might have had for her future, forever devastating her family.

Who would have been killed this time? An excellent question we should all ask ourselves the next time anyone dares to question the security fence, the need for checkpoints, and more.

Thanks for being the one to ask this time! I hope I remember not to be immune next time and ask myself too!

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