Reply #76: It Is Not The Point Of View, Ma'am, It Is The Drivel In Which It Is Couched [View All]

[The Magistrate]

"'Thousands and thousands of children's feet padding the dusty paths between their mother's front doors and their schools ... Beautiful youngsters so innocent that they could laugh even in Gaza.' One can only imagine the mothers preparing lunches for these children, and making sure their clothes are ready and clean as they send them off to school. But the road to school in Gaza is an uncertain one, and risk of death by Israeli death squads is imminent."

"Clearly the man was head and shoulders above most people and clearly he recognized the need to defy the occupation and maintain his dignity as a man and as a Palestinian."

"For over 60 years Gaza has proven itself to be an endless source of optimism and courage....Resistance to the occupation, education and steadfastness are only a few of the hallmarks of the people of this ancient land."


To take this sort of writing seriously is to be moved by Stalin-era tractor ballads and peans to Mao: it is tripe, it is maudlin to a point that makes Mr. Dicken's a hard-eyed realist by comparison....