In memory of Rachel Corrie. April 10,1979 - March 16,2003

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24. Man, this thread is hitting me.

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My partner had a car break down here in town, and got picked up hitch-hiking by her parents. She told me about the conversation: How even with all they went through, with all they saw, how dedicated to peace they were.

What strikes me is the timelessness of her. I was overwhelmed by a feeling when that happened, and now 10 years later that feeling is still there.

I remembered conservatives posting (photoshopped) pictures after the event of her face in a urinal, I remember meeting with business tards, them talking about how dumb she was to stand in front of a bulldozer... Me being a coward trying to inject some reason rather than speak out totally for what I felt. But 10 years later, those messages have vanished into the spam-shit pile of adjustable rate mortgages, cheap sex, Fox News, and the personal infallibility of George W Bush, and I wish I had said more. Yet regardless of any of the PR nonsense, her message shines on. It shines on in a way that I, now older and more cynical, realise is going to last a long, long, time. Much longer in fact that any of these cheap PR perception managements will. There are people that will really not like what I'm about to say, but I believe it is indeed a fact: In a small way, she now belongs to the ages. And that's a lot more than what 99.999% of people will accomplish with their lives.

Peace
Nir