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Sigh....I was just trying to stay on topic and make sure I understood you correctly. Never mind.Beowulf said:War has favoritism?
Sigh....I was just trying to stay on topic and make sure I understood you correctly. Never mind.Beowulf said:War has favoritism?
TiaraPrincess said:Well, well, Reba. That's not a nice wish. I would never say that about nobody. It's God's choice.
Oceanbreeze said:Umm, yeah. I don't think it's a good thing to be GLAD someone is dead or happy they are gone. It's a person's perogative to feel however they want, but to VOICE that opinion isn't always wise. It's best to just hope that Arafat is being dealt with for his "sins", and leave it at that.

Reba said:On the TV news I could see how the Palestinians showed their respect for their dead leader. They rioted, they burned tires in the street, they turned cars over and set fire to them, they shot guns into the air. (Typical grief behavior, right? How many of your family behaved that way when a loved one died?)
Now I am watching the "funeral". Very quiet and respectful like the funerals we have in our country for our leaders. Just like the dignified funerals for JFK and Reagan, right? Noooooo. Screaming mobs of people swarming the barriers, shooting guns into the air. They surrounded the helicopter carrying Arafat's casket, and they can't even get out of the chopper. Very respectful. Ha!
This reminds me of the "funeral" for Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. The people swarmed the funeral procession, grabbed the casket, tipped it over, and dumped his body on the ground. Khomeini was the Iranian religious and political leader. The people tore apart his body at his funeral. I saw it on live TV. Oh yes, very respectful way to treat a dead leader.
The Palestinians had to cancel Arafat's funeral ceremony because of the riot. They will now try bury him as quickly as possible, just to get him in the ground. Lovely.
Do not mourn Arafat.
harleymn said:how do you not mourn our children or american soldiers then what are we.

Cheri said:Before I start I will say that I am not a fan of Arafat, But...I cannot believe my own eyes (absolutely ridiculous). While I do not take joy at anyone's death; I gotta say I am really shame of some of you people. Just because you do not like this person that doesn't mean you have the right to say "Oh good he is dead" "Do not mourn Arafat" It just seems wrong to celebrate someone's death. It isn't our postion to judge what he had done. It's in the hands of God; whatever judgement awaits him.
so cheerswhitemoe said:As if you believed in god and etc then that's fine but dont go around and tell us that its wrong for us to be happy because you believed in something that we don't.
but dont go around and tell us that its wrong for us to be happy