While I bear no animus toward Daniel Pearl and his family, this strikes me of an abuse of the original purpose of the 9/11 fund. While Daniel was certainly a victim in every sense of the word, his job and life's decisions did also certainly put him in harms way. To me this opens the door to a free terrorist insurance program. By free I mean funded out of my pocket, as a tax payer.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is seeking compensation from the September 11 victims' fund, saying her husband, like the victims of the attacks, was a U.S. citizen targeted by Islamic extremists.
Why stop at only Islamic terrorists or at innocent victims. Why not compensate the the family of Rachel Corrie a US activist (and Darwin Award candidate) who jumped around like a chicken on the front of an Israeli bulldozer until it ran over her.
The IDF also killed Rachel Correy, a U.S. activist for the group. She was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in March 2003, when she tried to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian house in Rafah
Israel at the time was demolishing houses and tunnels used by Palestinian terrorists.
Aaron has some further comments concerning Rachel Corrie.
My reason for bringing her into the discussion is that once you qualify anyone but a direct 9/11 victim, you greatly open up the definition of victim. A lawyer or family member could certainly portray the view that Rachel was a "victim" of Israeli terrorism, while just the opposite is closer to the truth.
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I think she just wants to b... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Laurence Simon | March 30, 2004 12:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I think she just wants to be mocked by Ted Rall like the others.
1. Posted by Laurence Simon | March 30, 2004 12:06 PM |
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Posted on March 30, 2004 12:06
2. Posted by Spoons | March 30, 2004 12:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
All of which demonstrates why the 9/11 fund was a mistake in the first place. An understandable mistake, to be sure, but a mistake nonetheless.
2. Posted by Spoons | March 30, 2004 12:11 PM |
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Posted on March 30, 2004 12:11
3. Posted by Mark J | March 30, 2004 2:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
As horrible as it was... (yeah, I've seen the footage of them severing his head with a knife and proudly holding it up for the camera), it's really not 9/11 related.
3. Posted by Mark J | March 30, 2004 2:09 PM |
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Posted on March 30, 2004 14:09
4. Posted by Aaron's Rantblog | March 30, 2004 6:34 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
corrie not correy.
The animated graphics at that link was by yours truly and, if I must say, quite prescient.
If you liked that, you might also like She’s A Pali Girl
4. Posted by Aaron's Rantblog | March 30, 2004 6:34 PM |
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Posted on March 30, 2004 18:34
5. Posted by penn2 | July 27, 2004 5:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Raz2
5. Posted by penn2 | July 27, 2004 5:43 PM |
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Posted on July 27, 2004 17:43