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Disturbed by the bad news circulated throughout the media and the Blogesphere against Israel, a small group of seven bloggers decided to try getting that changed…
Disturbed by the bad news circulated throughout the media and the Blogesphere against Israel, a small group of seven bloggers decided to try getting that changed…They are going about it in a very ‘unkosher’ way…. instead of trying to change the situation in Israel, their idea is to expose that which is ‘bad’ in other parts of the world. No one ever said things are perfect elsewhere or that Israel is the only place in the world where bad things happen, but that seems to be the impression they have.
Over the past months, seven activists from Israel and elsewhere have been exposing online readers to scandalous yet accurate reports from media in Britain (violent drunk teens), France (high homeless mortality), Norway (serial child molesters), Finland (sexual harassment in parliament), Sweden (soaring suicide rates), The Netherlands (menacing Muslim unrest), Mexico (rampaging flood victims) and Los Angeles (drive-by killings).
The seven bad-news activists visit one another’s online blogs and have incorporated links referring the dozens of surfers who visit their pages every day to sister-sites. Though they all act out of a desire to counter what they see as media bias against Israel, they operate independently and have little communication with one another. Some of them rely on friends to send them interesting bits of bad news.
One of the bloggers bragged that his site is visited by over 300 readers a day…. I’m not one to brag, but if you look at the counter over at the left you will see that I get MANY more readers than that…
Bad news is a good thing to expose.. but not as an attempt to make even worse news look better. The news that is ‘exposed’ by this particular group does not come close to news related to the occupation of Palestine or ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people by Israel. These problems are still here and will be exposed on a daily basis until it stops. Then we can look at other parts of the world to correct their faults as well….
The paragraphs in italics are taken from THIS article that appears in this Weekend’s HaAretz… it’s worth reading.
Robert Lukens said,
February 2, 2008 at 3:39 pm
This is great, if, and only if, they also mention who caused what is wrong with the other countries. You know that won’t happen.
Jhoffa_ said,
February 2, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Pathetic, brain stopping nonsense..
It’s a common schoolyard tactic. One kid gets in trouble for bullying everyone, gets caught, and then tries to justify his behavior by saying: “Oh yeah, well Billy has a playboy in his locker! and Sandy was late to class last week.. Twice!”
I really didn’t think they could stoop any lower.. Obviously I was wrong.
I’ve noticed a similar defense mechanism at work among Emperor Dubya’s war supporters. Like the Israeli’s, they see themselves as victims of bad PR.
Nothing more and nothing less.
skip said,
February 2, 2008 at 3:44 pm
There is always a worse place on any specific complaint.
Fix where you are.
Mister Bill said,
February 2, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Destraction techniques ed to work. No Mas…
Someone needs to inform these Israelis, the Internet is Not under their control
bonanzaman said,
February 2, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Mister Bill if the internet is not yet under their control it’s certainly going to be and is under their scrutiny right now. Everything ends up under their control on behalf of our masters, the Rothschilds. Israel controls the security at all major US airports, the US water supply, long distance phone calls and on and on.
boogy woogy said,
February 2, 2008 at 10:19 pm
These silly NAZIONS must really think we’re stupid enough to forget that they are committing genocide. Funny how the ones who are most guilty always point their fingers at those most innocent. God must be very proud of his “chosen” children.
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