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grufty jim
grufty jim
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i saw the news today...
Aug 20, 2001, 10:28
actually, it was yesterday; but on the subject of the conflict in palestine... a news reporter (on beeb news 24) managed to read the following line:

"a 14 year old palestinian boy was shot dead by israeli soldiers for allegedly throwing stones at the authorities"

and placed the emphasis on "allegedly"...

as though the real emphasis shouldn't be on the "shot dead... for throwing stones" bit. kind of like; well the israelis *claim* he was throwing stones - but we're going to display our lack of bias by not taking that at face value and assuming his innocence until shown otherwise...

casually brushes over the reality that even if the 14 year old was guilty of throwing stones, he's still innocent of any offence that warrants the death penalty.
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