August 28, 2005
a new method of achieving a rude aim
Miss Manners in the Washington Post:
Heckling is attempting to go respectable.
Traditionally, interrupting performers and speakers with wisecracks and insults was the specialty of nightclub drunks. Later it was taken up by political dissenters who were not inclined to wait for the question-and-answer period.
Heckling was never, however, considered to be a polite way of registering objections during live speeches or performances. The approved methods of showing disapproval are withholding applause, or, in extreme cases, booing (for opera crowds) and walking out in the middle (for more dignified crowds).
Now, Miss Manners has observed, heckling is attempting to reinvent itself under the popular name of "audience participation." The Internet having given us the means of widely disseminating immediate personal reactions to just about everything, the idea has arisen that doing so will enhance any format.
More here.
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EDITOR: ARAFAT AND OTHER GHOSTS
'Echoing Arafat's famous battle cry, Qurei said: "We will proceed from one victory to another until we achieve the big victory - when one of our roses or juveniles will hoist the Palestinian flag on the walls of the Old City [of Jerusalem] and its minarets and churches." '[1][1b]
In 1994 Yasser Arafat was awarded a "peace prize".[2]
In 1968, Article 4 of the "Palestinian" National Charter:
"The Palestinian identity is a genuine, essential, and inherent characteristic; it is transmitted from parents to children....."[4h]
In 1977 a PLO executive explained:
"Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. Here's what he said: .........The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism. .........For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva[43] and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."[4a][4g]
The claim of Arab unity is contradicted by history.[13]
The Arab rhetoric, which further enables cont'd attacks against Israel, is co-opted by a variety of Western organizations and movements including; university departments/faculty, int'l courts, religious groups and news agencies.[6]
ie "...The bombings July 7 in London were quickly labeled terrorist attacks by the wire services. But a July 12 suicide bombing outside a Netanya, Israel, shopping mall was attributed to "Islamic Jihad militants," a group on the U.S. State Department's list of terrorist organizations. "[22]
Common to opponent groups are the claims; "doing our job" and "working in the public interest." There are arbitrary and contradictory claims of self righteousness, moral equivalency, truth and justice.[21]
Those are, of course, an adjunct to the prolific Arab Gov't/News agency reports in Arabic.[19]
The region, as any other, has a long history of imperialism and colonialism.[3] In August 2005 nine thousand people are expelled from 25 towns.[5] And once again the Arab attacks and incitement continue.[43] [47][49][36]
ie Aug.2005: "It was not clear whether any of the 25 Jewish enclaves evacuated this week would be renamed for suicide bombers, whom.....most of the international community brand as terrorists."[5a]
The Jewish are an indigenous people with thousands of year history in the region. Their history predates King David's rule in 1010B.C.[10] They are also a minority with many diaspora.[11]
"...It is the only nation on earth that inhabits the same land, bears the same name, speaks the same language, and worships the same God that it did 3,000 years ago. You dig the soil and you find pottery from Davidic times, coins from Bar Kokhba, and 2,000-year-old scrolls written in a script remarkably like the one that today advertises ice cream at the corner candy store."[12]
Arab governments isolated Jews and the Arabs now called the Palestinians.[13][4a] There were mass forced migration of Jews from Arab countries in 1948 as the modern state of Israel was founded. There were also Arab migrations to the territory before 1948.[14]
The surrounding Arab states never allowed or offered citizenship to Arab/Palestinians. Arab nations consumed almost the entire League Of Nations post WWI British and French Mandates.[16]
Attacks were made against the British and Jewish before the expiration of the British mandate. The Arabs forced the Arab/Palestinians to become 'refugees' and Israel has been under attack by the neighboring Arabs since the expiration of the British Mandate in 1948.[35][17]
Land was mandated after a war which is not unlike anyother record of history. But the Israeli portion of the mandate was reduced. The particulars may have had relation to the discovery of oil in the region and the enormous power that yielded.[42] It may have related to appeasing a majority out of convenience.
Arabs attack under the guise that the land is their land but Arabs didn't mandate after WWI. The Allies/League-of-Nations mandated after defeating the Central Powers including the Ottoman Turks.[18]
Previous borders were dictated by other wars, invasions and conquests as evidenced by history:
"The Battle of Tours (often called the Battle of Poitiers, but not to be confused with the Battle of Poitiers, 1356) was fought on October 25, 732 between forces under the Frankish leader Charles Martel and an Islamic army led by Emir Abd er Rahman. During the battle, the Franks defeated the Islamic army and Emir Abd er Rahman was killed. The result of this battle stopped the northward advance of Islam from Spain. This battle is considered by most historians to be of macrohistorical importance, in that it may have halted the invasion of Europe by Muslims, and preserved Christianity as the controlling faith, during a period in which Islam was overrunning the remains of the old Roman and Persian Empires."[41]
In the present, in plain sight, is the same pattern; Arab attack.......then Arab explanation of being the victim. In parallel is the capitulation of outsiders to the false construct.
Historically ceaseless attacks continue against a fraction of the region's population, an indigenous minority.[15]
There's always deniability but photographic editing showing a flag amidst flames suggests practiced contempt.[4f]
The Arab world boycott Israel with the cooperation of international businesses through the "Arab Central Boycott Office."[4b]
Funding money is regional and international.[4c]
There are serious questions regarding what was done with billions of dollars under the control of Yasser Arafat while Arabs of the territory struggle in poverty.[4]
ie "At least $45 million per month was transferred directly to Arafat, most notably from the Saudis and Saddam Hussein." [...]"Each month since June 2001, 10 million euros have been paid directly
to Arafat."[4]
ie "...Samuels estimated that Arafat and his senior aides may have siphoned off as much as half of the $7 billion in aid to the Palestinian Authority."[4k]
ie 2005; Arabs condemn America after American Gov't commits $50,000,000 in aid to Arab/Palestine.[4J]
Arabs promote war and suicide to Arab children:
(Jun 23, 2005); 'PA Television Continues to Teach Children to Become "Martyrs"'[48]
1970 issue of LIFE magazine; Indoctrination of Palestinian children.[50]
There is a human instinct and need to belong to a group but there is no pragmatic value for the individual in a belief system that demands self-destruction. The question is; Would any human being submit to self-immolation without duress?
Statements are made worldwide by the international community who provide funding to the region:
ie "As G-8 leaders, we pledge the sustained commitment required to identify and reduce the terrorist threat, to promote freedom and security, to protect democracy and to ensure the rule of law."[4d][4c]
ie 'Rice said Abbas "is devoted to fighting terror," and "has said that a Palestinian state needs to be built on the rule of law and that violence and terrorism are inconsistent with that."'[7]
Abbass and Qurei contradict the previous quote.[9][1b]
ie "...Abbas already has the means to restrain the groups responsible for attacks on Israel."[...]"Abbas has said he prefers to co-opt gunmen into the Palestinian security services and political system rather than dismantle them."[7b]
In the post-Soviet realignment of powers there are attacks against civilians worldwide; Iraq, London, America, Bali, Beslan, Thailand, Madrid, the Phillipines, possibly China[24], et al, et al. Unique is the excessive propensity to delegitimize Israel and the long history of attacks against Israelis. Delegitimized by apparently unassociated groups who submit to moral inversion.[25][26] Conversely it is suspect that addressing Arabs/Palestinians/Islam and the universally dehumanizing culture of dystopia, war and brutality is pervasively avoided by the same entities that address Israel.
The Israelis are not promoting guerilla warfare locally or worldwide. The state is not initiating relentless attacks. They are not threatening anyone less the sole exception; their attackers.
The Arabs who attack of Israel use the identical tactics and rhetoric that terrorist guerillas use worldwide.[8b][27][8c] Yet non-Israeli/non-Arab institutions follow this mysterious mandate to condemn Israel and defacto align with Arabs and Arab rhetoric.
There's no organization calling for divestment from Arab nations and companies.[28] Blunt alliances existed in the past yet there's no debate.[29] There's no movement condemning the culture of violence and aggression in the Middle East. Media reports, protest activists and religious sermons rarely address martyrdom and it's implied sex slavery or Sharia law and it's barbaric misogyny.[30][53]
What's the authority that these varied opponents follow? Where did this voice of contradiction come from as it overlooks the incessant Arab attacks? Decade after decade of attacks justified by 'explanations' which are adopted by outsiders. Unseen forces seem to dictate the rhetoric because it continues endlessly.
ie (The EU envoy to the Middle East, Mark Otte): "Our position regarding the West Bank and east Jerusalem is identical - they are occupied territories...."[46]
The words are entrenched in the vernacular. ie Occupation.[38] ie Palestine.[38b] If you're attacked and you take land it is conceded land. Not occupied land. Conceded territory. Territory won. Yet the term 'occupation' exists while ignoring all of the prerequisite history that disqualifies it.
Other terms are continually used; "illegal settlements."
ie 'Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, spoke in the name of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,.......he said Egypt supports a full Israeli withdrawal "and the full end of occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and the land of 1967."......."Egypt controlled Gaza from 1948 until 1967."'[48]
ie "Israel rejects applying the 4th Geneva Convention to Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, stating that those territories were captured in 1967 as a result of a defensive war against countries which had illegally occupied them since 1948."[39]
The Media had been collectively absent as thousands of people prepared to move from their homes. You wouldn't know anything of importance had been happening in Israel if you accept the media point of view. You wouldn't know that there have been constant attacks against Israelis during the paper cease-fire. As there were constant attacks before, during and after past 'aggreements'.[36] From where do the media editors get their queues?
Why do the Israelis always struggle for "International Support?" Now they've made yet another concession as they have in the past.[31] But why any concession?
What concessions have been made from the Arabs in the region? They've initiated wars and attacks over the last eighty years in this one specific territory. When have the multi-named Arab nations/factions/groups/camps ever made peace in totality?
What is the Arab elites' goal? Is it to stop democracy which threatens their power and wealth as it exists? Do their own people threaten them and are then diverted with a cause? Casus belli.
Some Arab nations are on record as allied with the West.[45] Rarely, if ever, is the complaint registered that Israel is a Western strategic ally. That would seem to be a logical position for debate, that is if one ignores the astronomical funding of the region by Western nations.[4] A logical position as opposed to the false construct of 'occupation/refugee/historic' which is the deceptive excuse given for ceaseless war by Arabs.[8c]
ie Hezbullah 2001:
(Hassan Nasrallah, al-Manar Television,December 14, 2001)
“The suicide attacks shock the enemy from within, bring it to the brink of an existential crisis and prepare the ground for victory”; “the acts are completely legitimate as there are no (innocent) civilians in Israel, only occupiers and accomplices to crime and carnage”.[51]
Note: Part of the previous statement is essentially the same as a statement made in London 2005:
(Hani Al-Siba’i, July 2005)
“The term civilian does not exist in Islamic religious law. ..."[52]
As this 'Disengagement' continues Arab words and actions are showing intent blatantly. The examples are numerous:
ie Mahmud Abbas; "We want on this occasion to pay homage to our martyrs, to our prisoners, to our wounded and all those among our people who have made sacrifices," he said. [...]"This step is only the first step...."[9]
ie (Aug. 22, 2005) "Hamas and Islamic Jihad.......reached an agreement with the Palestinian Authority.......the two groups would not be disarmed."[1b]
It's a myth that Arabs have any interest in two states.[1][33] Arab aggression is always cloaked in the most transparent deniability. There is always another condition which is not met, according to Arab/Palestinians, Hezbullah, Hamas, et al. They continually practice and promote civilian-mass-murder but portray themselves as victims. Yet with the 'Disengagement' they will acquire strategic property including a seaport, a border with Eygpt and possibly an airport.[34]
ie "Despite a formal agreement with Israel to maintain security, Egypt has allowed thousands of Palestinians to illegally cross its border, including rifle-brandishing militants. "[34a]
ie (Sept. 14, 2005) "Black market prices for weapons and bullets have dropped sharply in Gaza[...]The frontier used to be heavily guarded by Israel, [...]An arms dealer said the price of an AK-47 assault rifle has dropped from around £1,000 (€1,484) to around £650 (€965).[1c]
The pattern is always the same as evidenced by history:
ie "Hizbullah, defying the UN's certification of the international border, claimed an additional piece of Israeli-held territory for Lebanon and used it as a pretext for continuing attacks against Israel. In the intervening five years, it has kidnapped four Israelis and killed more than two dozen."[8a]
ie In 2002 Yazzer Arafat referenced Hajj Amin al-Husseini and the Arab/Nazi alliance.[2b]
Arab public relation statements are made for the media but the statements are always ambiguous or they're contradicted by some 'seperate' faction. There is always another faction with another name who insist on cont'd murder under the guise of resistance. So the reality of constant warfare against an indigenous ethnic minority continues.
ie "However, Ze'evi also raised concerns that the PA and Hamas might not be able to prevent one of the other Palestinian militant groups from launching mortar bombs and Qassams at evacuating forces during the disengagement, actions that might bring about a strong reprisal by the Israeli Defense Force."[8c]
And the same internationally:
ie "Investigations have shown that Hezbollah’s terrorist wing, the Hezbollah External Security Organisation, has been directly and indirectly involved in terrorist acts.[...]The Netherlands has changed its policy and no longer makes a distinction between the political and terrorist Hezbollah branches. The Netherlands informed the relevant EU bodies of its findings."[8b]
There are the many names; PLA, PLO, militants, insurgents, refugees[35], freedom fighters, brigades, etc. Another faction/pseudonym every month but the practitioners and the practice Are The Same.
Hamas terrorist leaders Mahmoud Zahar, Muhammed Shamaa, Abdel Fatah Dukhan, Ismail Haniya, Said Siyam and Nizar Rayyan appear in green caps as if to mimic a Western political party for the Western media.[23]
The reality is that this expulsion/disengagement is just another tool for the Arab/Palestinians et al to kill.[40] The 'Disengagement' is an affirmation of the status quo. It doesn't address the aggressor therefore it's an insult to the region's minority, to the world community and a it's a guarantee of brutality for the entirety of the constituents. It is abusive. It is a blunt reinforcement of the existing status quo.
The attacks continue and there will be more restraints on Israelis. Attacks on Civilians from Bombings, Shootings and Missiles.[43] Roadmaps, Accords, Disengagements and Peace Prizes. UN Resolutions and Declarations[44], UN funded propaganda[37], Divestments and more Agit Prop. The same.
It's not a ghost, it's a paradigm. Ceaseless attacks and sacrifice justified with false constructs supported by witting and unwitting alliances.
(Aug 25,'05; Israeli dead, two stabbed)[49]
(Aug 28,'05; Arab bomber, Be´erSheva)[43]
(Aug 29,'05; 14 yr.old Arab bomber)[47]
(Sept 5,'05; Arab bomb-makers die)[54]
(Sept 5,'05; AP journalist mystified)[55][54]
(Sept 5,'05; Arab family kills daughter)[53]
(Sept 5,'05; Arabs attack Christians)[53]
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ARAFAT AND THE GHOSTS OF AGIT PROP IN THE WEST
2005; 'Echoing Arafat's famous battle cry, Qurei said: "We will proceed from one victory to another until we achieve the big victory - when one of our roses or juveniles will hoist the Palestinian flag on the walls of the Old City [of Jerusalem] and its minarets and churches."'[1]
1968; Article 4 of the "Palestinian" National Charter:
"The Palestinian identity is a genuine, essential, and inherent characteristic; it is transmitted from parents to children....."[2]
1977; Zahir Muhsein, a PLO executive, is interviewed:
".....The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism. .........For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."[3]
Zahir Muhsein was speaking about Arab unity as national interests not individual interests when he represented the Arab/Palestinian National Charter as a fraud.[4]
"Pan-Arabism was first pressed by Sherif Hussein ibn Ali, the Sherif of Mecca, who sought independence from the Ottoman Empire ... "[...]"More importantly however, pan-Arabism, in the name of unity, has helped inspire pogroms against Non-Arab/Non-Muslim Minorities such as the persecution of Assyrian Christians in Iraq, and later of the Kurds. Pan-Arabism is almost always confused with Pan-Islamism in the western world, and the distinction between them is rarely talked about in Western media."[86]
'A pogrom (from Russian: ... meaning "wreaking of havoc") is a massive violent attack on a particular group; ethnic, religious or other, with simultaneous destruction of their environment (homes, businesses, religious centers). The term has historically been used to denote massive acts of violence, either spontaneous or premeditated, against Jews, but has been applied to similar incidents against other, mostly minority, groups.'[87]
Millions of Arabs today are non-citizens in Arab countries such as Jordan. The entire state of Jordan is territory originally mandated as part of Jewish Palestine after WWI. Jordan represents approximately three quarters of the land originally mandated for Jewish Palestine but it was rendered to Arabs.[5]
'The idea of Jewish restoration was not alien to British culture. In 1621, the British MP Sir Henry Finch wrote a book entitled "The World's Great Restoration."'[88]
"In 1799, Napoleon issued a proclamation promising to restore Palestine to the Jews, as he was camped outside Acre."[...]'After the defeat of Napoleon, it was largely the British who carried forward these projects, which have in hindsight been given the somewhat misleading name of "British Zionism."'[89]
Half a century later Arabs in Jordan are still not liberated with citizenship. Sixty percent of Jordan's population are Arab/Palestinian with the status of refugees.
The United Nations Relief Works Association:
"UNRWA was set up to help Palestinian refugees from the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Their numbers grew after the 1967 war and the agency now tries to care for 4.1 million refugees in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza Strip."[7]
The history of history is imperialism and colonialism. The Middle East region, as any other, has a long history of imperialism and colonialism.[8]
"The Battle of Tours ..... was fought on October 25, 732 between forces under the Frankish leader Charles Martel and an Islamic army led by Emir Abd er Rahman. During the battle, the Franks defeated the Islamic army and Emir Abd er Rahman was killed. The result of this battle stopped the northward advance of Islam from Spain. This battle is considered by most historians to be of macrohistorical importance, in that it may have halted the invasion of Europe by Muslims, and preserved Christianity as the controlling faith, during a period in which Islam was overrunning the remains of the old Roman and Persian Empires."[9]
"On September 12, 1683, at 4 a.m. in the morning, Sobieski’s army of about 81,000 men attacked a Turkish army that numbered more than 140,000. [...]At 5:30 p.m., Sobieski entered the deserted tent of Kara Mustafa and the siege of Vienna was over."[85]
Victorious in WWI the Allies/League-of-Nations mandated after defeating the Central Powers which included the Ottoman Turks.[10]
September 2005; US House of Representatives: "The House International Relations Committee has passed two resolutions that blame the Ottoman Empire for the killing of about 1.5 million Armenians in Turkey from 1915-1923."[11]
Land was mandated after a war which is not unlike anyother record of history.[90] The indigenous Jewish population received a fraction of the League Of Nations post WWI British and French Mandates.[12]
Arab attacks were made against the British and Jewish before the expiration of the British mandate. Arabs forced the Arab/Palestinians to become "refugees."[13]
Israel has prevailed through Arab attacks in 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973.[14] The current regime of warfare is called the Intifada by Arabs.
Arab rhetoric calls for warfare, genocide and oppression under the guise of being the oppressed.
"Taught to use the language of National Liberation politics at Soviet bloc schools in the 1960s, '70s and '80s, today's Palestinian Arab leaders employ the rhetoric of Third World anti-colonial struggle."[15]
"The message was this: Stop talking about annihilating Israel and instead turn your terror war into a struggle for human rights. Then you will have the American people eating out of your hand."[15a]
The Arabist position is co-opted by a variety of Western movements including; officials, university departments/faculty, international courts, international organizations, divestment groups, political groups and not least of which news agencies.[16]
"...The bombings July 7 in London were quickly labeled terrorist attacks by the wire services. But a July 12 suicide bombing outside a Netanya, Israel, shopping mall was attributed to "Islamic Jihad militants," a group on the U.S. State Department's list of terrorist organizations. "[17]
Editors and reporters reiterate that they are "doing their jobs" and "working in the public interest." In their endeavor they give serious attention to detail. "Press stylebooks" direct grammer and terminology.[19] Political movements are also focused on terminology. Key promotional terms are; righteouness, peace, justice, truth, moral equivalency. Conversely other terms are used; occupation, illegal-settlement, fascist etc.
Words are firmly entrenched in the vernacular. Occupation.[20] Palestine.[21] Illegal settlement.
If you're attacked and you take land it is conceded land, not occupied land. Conceded territory. Territory won. Yet the term "occupation" exists while ignoring all of the prerequisite history that disqualifies it.
'Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, spoke in the name of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,.......he said Egypt supports a full Israeli withdrawal "and the full end of occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and the land of 1967."......."Egypt controlled Gaza from 1948 until 1967."'[23]
Note: "Egypt controlled Gaza from 1948 until 1967." The term "occupied" isn't used.
"Israel rejects applying the 4th Geneva Convention to Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, stating that those territories were captured in 1967 as a result of a defensive war against countries which had illegally occupied them since 1948."[24]
Use of the term "Terrorist", a generally vague term, is avoided by a collection of fronts. "Terrorist" is replaced with; Assailants, Attackers, Bombers, Captors, Commandos, Criminals, Extremists, Fighters, Group, Guerrillas, Gunmen, Hostage-takers, Insurgents, Kidnappers, Militants, Perpetrators, Radicals, Rebels, Separatists, Activists.[18]
The psychologically shocking and brutal reality of Islamic global guerilla warfare is euphemised as Terrorism. Islamic Guerilla attacks against civilians, including Muslims, are highly publicized. But the euphemistic term, terrorism, is then itself avoided as evidenced in the previous paragraph and footnote.
"Okay, let’s get all the “of courses” out of the way – of course, the overwhelmingly majority of Muslims aren’t terrorists; of course, we all know “Islam” means “peace” and “jihad” means “healthy-lifestyle lo-carb granola bar”; etc, etc. Nevertheless, the men who hijacked Flight 93 did it in the name of Islam ..."[6]
In the present, in plain sight, is the same pattern; Arab attack.......then Arab explanation of being the victim. Dissimulation is clearly addressed in Islamic culture and text.[82] Yet outsiders who are neither Arab nor Israeli capitulate to this construct.
There's always deniability but photographic editing showing an Israeli flag amidst flames suggests practiced contempt by international media. (photos)[25]
The Arab world boycott Israel with the cooperation of international businesses through the "Arab Central Boycott Office."[26]
Funding money is regional and international.[27]
August 2005; "Saudi fundraiser for the Palestinian cause, which aired on Iqra TV ..... Caption: The Saudi committee for support of the Al-Quds Intifada. Account number 98, a joint account in all Saudi banks."[28]
"For decades the Saudi royal family has been the main financial supporter of Palestinian terrorist organizations, .....15 billion Saudi Riyals (4 billion $U.S.) and reportedly pledged Palestinians up to 1 billion dollars to finance the continuation of the Intifada, ..."[29]
(Note: Intifada is another name for terrorism/civilian-target guerilla-warfare.)
There are serious questions regarding what was done with billions of dollars of aid money under the control of Yasser Arafat while the Arab population struggles.[31]
'Last week we were told that "Malnutrition in the Gaza Strip and West Bank is as bad as in sub-Saharan Africa because the Palestinian economy has all but collapsed under Israeli restrictions."' ..... "Arafat's wife, Suha gets $100,000 a month from Arafat out of the Palestinian budget, and lives lavishly in Paris on this allowance."[32] Some estimate that Mrs. Arafat was receiving as much as one million dollars per month.
"At least $45 million per month was transferred directly to Arafat, most notably from the Saudis and Saddam Hussein." [...]"Each month since June 2001, 10 million euros have been paid directly
to Arafat."[33]
EU raises 2005 aid to PA at a total of 500 million euro[35]
2005; Arabs condemn America after Gov't commits $50,000,000 in aid to Arab/Palestine.[36]
ie 2005; "On September 15, ... Canada will give another $24.5 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA). This past May, Mr. Martin announced $12.2 million in aid during the visit to Canada of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, bringing the total Canadian aid to the Palestinians to $310 million since 1993."[37]
"...Samuels estimated that Arafat and his senior aides may have siphoned off as much as half of the $7 billion in aid to the Palestinian Authority."[34]
Victim's families file lawsuit against Arab/Palestinians. Terrorism Lawsuit, August 2005: "Palestinian Authority's US assets are frozen"[30]
Statements are made worldwide:
"As G-8 leaders, we pledge the sustained commitment required to identify and reduce the terrorist threat, to promote freedom and security, to protect democracy and to ensure the rule of law."[38]
In 2002 Yasser Arafat referenced Hajj Amin al-Husseini and the Arab/Nazi alliance in heroic terms. Hajj Amin al-Husseini is credited with complaining that the WWII death camps were slow in killing people.[74]
In the post-Soviet realignment of powers there is historically inevitable warfare. At the forefront are Islamic guerilla attacks against civilians worldwide; Iraq, London, America, Bali, Beslan, Thailand, Madrid, the Phillipines, possibly China, et al.[39]
There is a phenomena occuring in unison with the attacks on civilians. That is the repetitive cry for civil rights from the same ideological group represented in attacks worldwide. It is a co-ordinated affair of attacks and repetitive protest. If the orchestration of these parallel movements isn't obvious then their simultaneous occurence is such.
Unique within this new-world-order of Islamic attack and protest are the continued attempts to delegitimize Israel. A nation delegitimized by unassociated groups who submit to moral inversion in stark contrast to history.[40]
The unassociated groups find commonality in their pervasive refusal to address the dystopian reality, totalitarianism, war and dehumanizing brutality in Arab/Muslim nations and communities.[41]
Sept. 2005, Jordan: "The poll, which surveyed 17,000 people in 17 countries, said 100 percent of Jordanians viewed Jews unfavorably."[42]
(Jun 23, 2005); 'PA Television Continues to Teach Children to Become "Martyrs"'[43]
1970 issue of LIFE magazine; Indoctrination of Palestinian children.[44]
The Arabs who attack Israel use the identical tactics that terrorist guerillas use worldwide.[45] It is the same method of psychological warfare via highly publicized atrocities against civilians followed by public explanation statements.[46]
In that manner the highly publicized murder of Dutch film-maker Van Gogh was threatening to the large majority population of the world. It was actually more of a threat to Muslims warning of their fate from within their own community if they reject the dictates of current leaders.
Arab/Palestinian "gunmen" are attacking and killing other Arab/Palestinians in October 2005.[83] Though relentlessly targetting Israelis the "gunmen" should also be construed as an integral part of a universal practice of coercion. The psychological prison of oppression cannont exist without abject brutality threatening the population.
August 2005; Two men to be publicly hanged in Arak, Iran. Arak is the location of the Iranian nuclear heavy water facility.[84]
"...Abbas already has the means to restrain the groups responsible for attacks on Israel."[...]"Abbas has said he prefers to co-opt gunmen into the Palestinian security services and political system rather than dismantle them."[47]
Strangely some Westerners follow this pattern to align with Arabists. The implication is that a powerful indigenous state, which is democratic, should concede to oppressive theocratic and monarchical neighboring states.
2005; Jacques Chirac and Yasser Arafat together are pictured on stamps.[52]
Stranger still there's no movement condemning the culture of violence and aggression in the Middle East and amongst Muslims populations. There's no Western organization/s calling for divestment from Arab nations and companies.[53] There's no debate adressing Arab/Nazi collaboration.[54] Media reports, protest activists and religious leaders rarely address martyrdom and it's blunt allusion to sexuality/seraglio. There's no mass movement condemning Sharia law and it's sanctioned misogyny.[55]
Denmark (September 23, 2005).: Married Muslim woman murdered in street by brother, husband shot.[56]
Finland 2005: Publisher says "technical error" led to omission of part of book critical of Islam. The publisher had previously requested an omission from the author. Without the author's permission the text was omitted and credited to a "technical error."[57]
England 2005: "A Muslim teenager was stabbed 46 times in an "honour killing" after getting engaged to a girl whose father had decided should marry someone else, a jury heard yesterday."[81]
What's the authority that opposition groups follow?
Putting this opposition phenomena into context; When they could do something else they don't, when they could do nothing they don't. They do something very specific and they do it repeatedly. This type of repetition represents social structure, organization and hierarchies.
Decade after decade of incessant Arab attacks justified by 'explanations' which are adopted by a variety of outsiders.
September 2005 Germany; Film opens, benignly portraying a maniacal Arab murderer:
"The movie trailer begins with the Amnesty International symbol recognizing its brilliance. The scenes are beautiful. The people are beautiful. The music is beautiful. There is no doubt when watching just this trailer that "Paradise Now" romanticizes the life of a suicide bomber."[79]
August 2005, (The EU envoy to the Middle East, Mark Otte): "Our position regarding the West Bank and east Jerusalem is identical - they are occupied territories...."[58]
2004; Russian headline claims Arafat fought for peace.[59]
The International Media had been collectively absent as thousands of people prepared for evacuation from their homes. You wouldn't know that there have/had been constant attacks against Israel during the so-called cease-fire which led to the "Disengagement." There were always attacks before, during and after past 'aggreements'.[60]
From where do the media editors get their queues?
When there is an attack and retaliation some editors offensively promote bias:
(Associated Press): "Israel Kills Militant Chief in Offensive"[61]
Below the headline this editor uses the term "offensive" twice thus implying an unprovoked Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) attack. Then in the second paragraph at the end of a sentence is a vage reference to the launch of over 40 Arab missiles:
"...followed a wave of militant rocket attacks against Israeli towns..."
During an Arab/Hamas war parade explosion approximately fifteen people were killed and dozens injured. The Arab/Palestinian Authority (PA) and the State of Israel both claimed the explosion was caused by Arab rockets exploding in a parade truck.
Once again a seperate faction, Hamas, attempts to divert responsibility for their blunder with false claims against the IDF Air Force. Arab/Palestinians launch over forty missiles into Israel and this resulted in an Israeli military response. Yet the Associated Press headlines with "Israel kills" and "Militant." The AP calls an act of war; a "militant attack." This type of extreme-bias-publishing is often dictated by press stylebooks.
What concessions have been made by the Arabs in the region? In this one specific territory Arabs have initiated battles and lost wars over the last eighty years. When have the multi-named Arab nations/factions/groups/camps ever made peace in totality?
What is the goal? Does the constituency threaten Arab elite and then are diverted with a cause? Casus belli.
Some Arab nations are on record as allied with the West.[62] Rarely, if ever, is the complaint registered that Israel is a Western strategic ally. That would seem to be a logical position for debate, that is if one ignores Western funding to the region. Strategic ally would be a logical position as opposed to the false construct of occupation/refugee/historic which is the excuse given for ceaseless deadly attacks and unsuccessful wars by Arabs.
Statements are always presented to justify attacks and to prepare the psychological foundation for future attacks.
Hezbullah; (Hassan Nasrallah, al-Manar Television, December 14, 2001):
“The suicide attacks shock the enemy from within, bring it to the brink of an existential crisis and prepare the ground for victory”; “the acts are completely legitimate as there are no (innocent) civilians in Israel, only occupiers and accomplices to crime and carnage”.[63]
Note; Part of the previous statement is essentially the same as a statement made in London 2005:
(Hani Al-Siba’i, July 2005)
“The term civilian does not exist in Islamic religious law. ..."[64]
Regardless of the "Disengagement" Arab words and actions show violent intent blatantly. The examples are numerous:
Mahmud Abbas; "We want on this occasion to pay homage to our martyrs, to our prisoners, to our wounded and all those among our people who have made sacrifices," he said. [...]"This step is only the first step...."[65]
(Aug. 22, 2005) "Hamas and Islamic Jihad.......reached an agreement with the Palestinian Authority.......the two groups would not be disarmed."[66]
Arabs have attacked numerous times and were decisively defeated, by Israel, yet they continue to attack. It is a myth that they have any interest in two states.[67] Aggression is always cloaked in transparent deniability. There is always another condition which is not met, according to Arab/Palestinians, Hezbullah, Hamas, et al.
Arab/Palestinians continually practice and promote civilian-mass-murder but portray themselves as victims. They also destroy their society in this practice. Yet with the 'Disengagement' they will acquire strategic property including a seaport, a border with Eygpt and possibly an airport.[68]
(2005): "Despite a formal agreement with Israel to maintain security, Egypt has allowed thousands of Palestinians to illegally cross its border, including rifle-brandishing militants. "[69]
(Sept. 14, 2005) "Black market prices for weapons and bullets have dropped sharply in Gaza[...]The frontier used to be heavily guarded by Israel, [...]An arms dealer said the price of an AK-47 assault rifle has dropped from around £1,000 (€1,484) to around £650 (€965).[70]
"...Egypt confiscated 38 firearms and three rocket-propelled grenades in a tunnel under the border, an Egyptian official said. On the Palestinian side, guards said they seized nearly 600 pounds of marijuana."[71]
The pattern, of aggressor as oppressed victim, is always the same as evidenced by history:
"Hizbullah, defying the UN's certification of the international border, claimed an additional piece of Israeli-held territory for Lebanon and used it as a pretext for continuing attacks against Israel. In the intervening five years, it has kidnapped four Israelis and killed more than two dozen."[72]
Note:
That piece of land claimed by Hizbullah, "Sheeba Farms", was lost by "Syria" during a failed war of aggression against Israel. When attacks came from Syrian controlled Lebanon, Israel retaliated, took land and later withdrew from that land. After the border was certified by the UN it was Syrian controlled "Lebanon" who then claimed rights to "Sheeba Farms", defying the certified border, as an excuse to continue attacks.[73]
Arab public relation statements are made for the media. The statements are ambiguous or they're contradicted by some 'seperate' faction. There is always another faction, with another name, reiterating the same core ideas. So the reality of constant warfare continues against an indigenous ethnic population.
August 2005: " ... Ze'evi also raised concerns that the PA and Hamas might not be able to prevent one of the other Palestinian militant groups from launching mortar bombs and Qassams at evacuating forces during the disengagement, actions that might bring about a strong reprisal by the Israeli Defense Force."
And the same structure of different names, factions and fronts exist internationally:
Netherlands 2005: "Investigations have shown that Hezbollah’s terrorist wing, the Hezbollah External Security Organisation, has been directly and indirectly involved in terrorist acts.[...]The Netherlands has changed its policy and no longer makes a distinction between the political and terrorist Hezbollah branches. The Netherlands informed the relevant EU bodies of its findings."[75]
September 2005; Spain: "An Al-Jazeera television reporter accused of links with al-Qaeda has been re-arrested in Spain."[76] Al-Jazeera's Tayssir Alouny convicted.[77]
Hamas terrorist leaders Mahmoud Zahar, Muhammed Shamaa, Abdel Fatah Dukhan, Ismail Haniya, Said Siyam and Nizar Rayyan appear in green caps as if to mimic a Western political party for the Western media.[78]
There are the many names; PLA, PLO, PA, Islamic Jihad, Popular Front, Ezzedine Al Qassam Brigades, militants, insurgents, refugees, freedom fighters, brigades, most recently alQaeda in Arab/Palestine, et al, et al. Another faction/pseudonym every month but the practitioners and the practice are the same.
The use of different names appears to be tactical. A tactic promoting the idea that ideological warfare exists without direct sponsorship and organization from specific nations. Yet the "victim holy war" rhetoric, justified with false constructs, is identical from pauper to prince.
With a world population of 6,500,000,000 the vast majority of the population is confronted by an Islamic minority aggression with many different and ever changing names.
The ever ongoing Middle-East peace process led to the disengagement. The disengagement follows a pattern of failed Arab wars and lost land of questionable territorial borders. Lost territory with dubious borders which Israel repeatedly gave to the defeated Arabs in unprecedented gestures of cooperation. Yet Arab/Palestinian rhetoric does not change and Arab/Palestinian attacks continue. Just as Islamic rhetoric does not change and Islamic attacks continue.
The Israelis threaten their attackers and no one else. The Israelis are not promoting guerilla warfare locally or worldwide. They're not condemning the large majority of the world's population. The State of Israel is not initiating relentless attacks.
The Jewish people have successfully defended their State for over half a century and have survived for thousands of years.
An indigenous population:
In 2005 the Jewish calendar marks 5766 years.[5766]
Jewish people have a many thousands year history in the Middle East. Their presence predates the rule of King David in 1010B.C.[48] They are an indigenous minority with many diaspora.[49]
"...It is the only nation on earth that inhabits the same land, bears the same name, speaks the same language, and worships the same God that it did 3,000 years ago. You dig the soil and you find pottery from Davidic times, coins from Bar Kokhba, and 2,000-year-old scrolls written in a script remarkably like the one that today advertises ice cream at the corner candy store."[50]
"The "Shalom Al Yisrael" synagogue of Jericho was discovered in 1936 as part of excavations by D.C. Baramki of the Antiquities Authority under the British Mandate. ..... (this synagogue was) founded in the late Byzantine period [sixth century CE], ..... "[51]
In the present:
"Israeli contributions to science and technology have been significant, even strangely out of proportion for a country of roughly six million with continuous security challenges. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, Israel has pioneered work in science and engineering, compensating a small national budget with creativity and imagination. Israeli scientists have contributed in the areas of genetics, medicine, agriculture, computer sciences, electronics, optics, engineering and other high-tech industries."
"Israeli science is particularly well known for its military technology, from simple submachine guns like the Uzi, ranging to advanced anti-ballistic defense systems - like the Arrow. Moreover, Israel is among the small group of nations in the world that have the capability to launch satellites into orbit (the others include the USA, Russia, Europe mainly through the common European space agency ESA, the People's Republic of China, Japan, and India)."
"As a dry land, Israel has pioneered in advanced agricultural technology such as water-conserving irrigation methods, salinity research, enriched compost, and enhanced genetic engineered crops. Dry lands which have peace with Israel have received aid from and/or collaborated with Israeli experts in order to improve desert agriculture and produce more food. Israel has a world-wide reputation in this area."
"Israel also has a high reputation in theoretical physics. Israeli physicists tend to deal more with theoretical and conceptual aspects of physics, especially in questions of time and space, and the paradoxes and strange phenomena of quantum mechanics."
"Israel is also known for its well-developed and revolutionary medicine. Israel medical researchers and surgeons have worldwide reputation, in searching for new cures as well in high technology and reliability. Recently, a group of researchers from the Weizmann Institute developed a molecular bio-computer that may help cure cancer."[80]
October 2005 represents a distinct point of departure. The focus is shifting. The world population has become acclamated to the new world order of Guerilla Warfare against Civilians and to Globalism and the Internet. Those entities will remain very active as the majority of the population becomes diverted by personal interests.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA AND OFFICIALS SAY ABBAS'S OWN FATAH KILLED 'SETTLERS'
BY MICHAEL WIDLANSKI 16 October 2005
Voice of Palestine Radio, the official voice of Mahmoud Abbas's
Palestinian Authority, declared Sunday night that both of today's attacks on
Israelis were carried out by members of the Fatah organization headed by PLO
leader Abbas.
At least three people were murdered and another five wounded-including
women and children-- in the two drive-by shooting attacks that took place
within minutes of one another: one on a group of civilians at a bus-stop
south of Bethlehem, the other on the road between Jerusalem and Nablus.[91]
(102605)
Posted by: postsoviet | Oct 26, 2005 1:31:54 PM
multiple-addressee, public-domain/
Strength versus Sympathy
The sentiment of a recently read remark; The struggle to influence people is based in what gains people's sympathy.
Not to argue what is valid about that position, consider this:
On many occassions we respond with sympathy, go through the motions, throw 'em a bone but we will still take and attempt to take advantage of weakness or percieved weakness. This is done conciously and unconciously.
In the overt people respond with sympathy because the ideal of sympathy is reinforced constantly within many social groups/societies and possibly because we/people want sympathy for themselves/ourselves.
Sympathy, regardless of impetus, is selective.
Observe the disparity between reactions to tragedies that were reported by a suburban newspaper (-paraphrase-):
-Man kills his teenage daughter and himself after standoff with police. Above the fold the publication noted that substantial counseling efforts were underway within the school system for peers of the young victim.-
-Months later, in the same region, a homeless man was beaten to death and left at the highschool ballfield near his woodland camp where he was "known" to live.-
-The same publication featured this story below the fold, noting that a school district coordinator said the murder "was not an issue" for students, no parents had called the district and no further counseling (if any? -ed.) was warranted. On the day the victim's body was removed from school grounds the students left the school in a normal fashion.-
~
We respond distinctly to anything that addresses our specific social groups. Outsiders, from other groups, garner a different response from us. Away from the words and the gestures people also respond to perceived power and advantage while responding very differently to perceived weakness and low rank in society. The perception becomes the reality, the unconcious instinct becomes the reality.
Make note of the "attempts" to "understand" suicide bombers as in the film; "Paradise Now." This can be construed as an unconcious response, by the producer and the audience, to the power of "terror power" represented by bombers. A response to power as much as the film can be construed as a sympathetic response to the killers. The killer is elevated to a higher status while there is a murderous lack of regard for the victims who have names, families, lineage, accomplishments and opinions etc.
~
The aforementioned suburban newspaper recently had the pictures of three twentyish males who were involved in a shooting. Two of three were pictured wearing traditional Middle East style beards; a bushy beard with minimal mustache. By name and ethnicity it appeared all three were American born and Western reared. Above those pictures was another picture of a thirtyish killer who is on trial for multiple murders. He also had a beard but the moustache was of equal length to the rest of his beard.
The grooming of the former (those involved in the shooting) represents the unconcious desire to align with what is perceived as power. On the other hand is the psychopathic murderer who, for one example, may have been trying to appear mainstream to avoid detection.
The shooters, like others, want to project the power that they see. People projecting simpatico as; the beards, the hookah cafes, the interest in coerced-bomber/murderer films. Most likely this is a mimicking the input from media and authority (m/a).
The impetus; media "as" authority:
Iran as an example of the m/a input; Terror enabling, going nuclear, theocratically oppressive, brutal, defiant to all Western powers. There is little regard to the abject failings of their leadership. They're being promoted as powerful.
Israel as an example of the m/a input; Democratic, politically active, very productive, has a military with refined weapons, including nuclear, and a superior air force.[1] Yet Israel is promoted as a reticent nation which is endlessly involved in an ailing peace process. Israelis are under constant demands which falsely imply irresponsible transgressions.[3] They're not being promoted as powerful even though they are.
Strangely the Government of Israel (GOI) projected authoritative power when it prepared for the disengagement but it did not project power after the recent lethal Arab/Palestinian attacks.[2] This contradiction immediately implies outside influences beyond, and beyond the control of, the Israeli/Arab-Palestinian sphere.
The question is; Is the promotion, of Iran vs. Israel, unconcious or paradigmatic?
~
A hypothetical:
Let's assume that Nobells Prizes are very often awarded to those who have specific political views because the selection committee is bias oriented.
Onward; A fictional philanthropist creates a monthly prize for accomplishment in any one of a variety of fields. The individuals from one particular nation/group are noticebly prominent as frequent recipients of the award which then contradicts the pattern of the Nobells Prizes. Nevertheless the awards recognize many individuals from many nations.
Because of the sublime distinction apparent in the monthly awards would it be expected that some parallel circumstance then appear, such as quarterly Nobells Prizes instead of annual Nobells Prizes? The effect of this being to cancel the impression of the monthly awards, the impression which empowers the noticably prominent nation/group?
The hypothetical reveals that a paradigm can be complex, possessing all of the respectability of authority and yet maintain contrived, arbitrary and pernicious motivation.
~
We respond differently to our associates than to outsiders/strangers and we unconciously respond to perceived power and perceived weakness.
In mimicking or expressing curiosity in foreign behavior/culture are we unconciously reacting to perceived power with simpatico gestures? Are we reacting to the queues of media because media is a representation of authority?
Are sympathies dictated by media and authority through information and misinformation? Or do we arrive at specific dispositions because of independent intellectual perseverance without queues?
Opinion; To deliberately or incidentally promote something as powerful and then to promote something else as inconsequential is to dictate where the sympathy lies. Thus subduing agreement which maintains paradigmatic social hierarchies.
So the battle for the hearts and minds of people is predicated on their perception of power. In order to have sympathy for anything people must first be led by some impression of power.
(There is no claim of responsibility for this writ. It may have been produced by any number of named sources with arbitrary manifestos. It may have been created by sources who are yet to be named with newer different names.)
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Israel
[2] http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=27190
[3]
http://3quarksdaily.blogs.com/3quarksdaily/2005/08/a_new_method_of.html#comments
Posted by: postsoviet | Oct 26, 2005 1:35:03 PM
http://israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=91791
Terrorist Bombing Strikes Hadera Market
18:06 Oct 26, '05 / 23 Tishrei 5766
By Nissan Ratzlav-Katz & Hillel Fendel
A terrorist bombing in a Hadera open-air market killed five people and wounded more than 30 Wednesday afternoon.
Shortly before 4:00pm, an Arab suicide bomber made his way into the market in the northern city and detonated explosives he carried on his person. The initial police investigation points to a white vehicle that may have transported the terrorist to the Hadera market. Reports that the terrorist was a woman were later denied.
Four people were pronounced dead at the site of the attack, while the fifth victim died on the operating table at Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera. The many wounded, five of whom are listed in very serious condition, were evacuated to local hospitals.
The Islamic Jihad has claimed responsibility for the murderous attack in Hadera. Though the organization has said it would avenge last week's killing of top terrorist Luis Saadi, it is doubtful whether such an attack could have been arranged on such short notice. It is therefore assumed that this attack against Israel was in planning long before Saadi's death.
This was at least the 4th murderous terror attack in Hadera since the Palestinian Authority instigated the Oslo War five years ago. Previous attacks in the city:
* In Nov. 2000, two people were killed by a car-bomb in the city.
* In Oct. 2001, four women were killed by PA policemen from Jenin who opened random fire on a crowded street from inside a car.
* In Jan. 2002, a terrorist entered a Bat Mitzvah celebration and opened random fire, killing six.
Several bombs were detonated in the city during this period, but without murderous results. In May 2001, for instance, a car bomb exploded on a crowded Hadera street, but the only person killed was the driver of the car bomb himself.
In other terrorism incidents over the holiday, two 20-kilogram (44-lb.) explosives were found and neutralized near the fence surrounding northern Gaza... An IDF position was fired at from southern Gaza... For the third time in several weeks, terrorists fired at an IDF position near N'vei Tzuf, in the Binyamin region; an Arab was hurt by the army's return fire... Two firebombs were hurled at an Israeli car near the Tapuach junction; no one was hurt... In a clash with terrorists in Jenin, an IDF vehicle was damaged.
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Published: 16:17 October 26, 2005
Last Update: 18:06 October 26, 2005
Posted by: postsoviet | Oct 26, 2005 1:37:24 PM
public-domain, multiple-addressee/
WHERE SIMPATICO REPEATEDLY LIES
the audience as cinema verite
The sentiment of a recently read remark: -The struggle to influence people is based in what gains peoples' sympathy.-
Not to argue with what is valid about that position, consider this:
On many occasions we respond with sympathy, go through the motions, throw 'em a bone but we still show little consideration for some and suspect consideration for others.
In the overt people respond with sympathy because the ideal of sympathy is reinforced constantly within society (within social groups/tribes) and possibly because we want sympathy for ourselves.
Sympathy, regardless of impetus, is selective.
Observed disparity between reactions to tragedies that were reported by a suburban newspaper (-paraphrase-):
-Man kills his teenage daughter and himself after standoff with police. Above the fold the publication noted that substantial counseling efforts were underway within the school system for peers of the young victim.-
-Months later, in the same region, a homeless man was beaten to death and left at the highschool ballfield near his woodland camp where he was "known" to live.-
-The same publication featured this story below the fold, noting that a school district coordinator said the murder "was not an issue" for students, no parents had called the district and no further counseling [if any? -ed.] was warranted. On the day the victim's body was removed from school grounds the students left the school in a normal fashion.-
~
We respond distinctly to anything that addresses our specific social groups. Outsiders, from other groups, garner a different response from us. Away from the words and the gestures people/groups respond to perceived power and advantage while responding very differently to perceived weakness and low rank. The unconcious instinct becomes the perception, the perception becomes the reality.
Make note of the "attempts" to "understand" suicide bombers as in the film; "Paradise Now." This can be construed as an unconcious response, by the producer and the audience, to the power of "terror/guerilla-warfare" as represented by bombers. A response to power as much as the film can be construed as a sympathetic response to the killers as human beings.
The killer is elevated to a higher status while there is a murderous lack of regard for the victims who have names, families, lineage, accomplishments and opinions etc. The dignity of the civilians is inverted into dignity for the murderer/s.
~
The aforementioned suburban newspaper recently had the pictures of three twentyish males who were involved in a shooting. Two of three were pictured wearing traditional Middle East style beards; a bushy beard with a minimal mustache. By name and ethnicity it appeared all three were American born and Western reared. Above those pictures was another picture of a thirtyish killer who is on trial for multiple murders. He also had a beard but it was a traditional Western style.
The grooming of the former, those involved in the shooting, may represent the unconcious desire to align with what is perceived as power. On the other hand is the psychopathic murderer who, for one example, may have been trying to appear mainstream to avoid detection. The killer's view of reality, conciously and unconciously, is different than the shooters who overtly betray the ideas that possess them.
The shooters, like others, want to project the power that they see in images and words. They may mimick the power represented by repeated stimuli via media. We will have a variety of motivations for our choices but the reveal is always the repetition, the trends. Repetition of themes, repetition of behavior, repetition of stimuli, repetition of events.
People project simpatico in many ways such as; the beards, the hookah cafes, the interest in bomber/murderer films. Is this mimicking the input from media and authority (m/a)?
The impetus; media "as" authority:
Iran as an example of the m/a input; Terror enabling, going nuclear, theocratically oppressive, brutal, defiant to all Western powers. There is little regard to the abject failings of their leadership. They're being promoted as powerful.
Israel as an example of the m/a input; Democratic, politically active, very productive, has a military with refined weapons, including nuclear, and a superior air force.[1] Yet Israel is promoted as a reticent nation which is endlessly involved in an ailing peace process. Israelis are under constant demands which falsely imply irresponsible transgressions.[3] Even though they are powerful they are not being promoted as powerful.
Strangely the Government of Israel (GOI) projected authoritative power when it prepared for the disengagement but it did not project power after recent lethal Arab/Muslim/Palestinian attacks.[2] This contradiction immediately implies outside influence of the Israeli/Arab-Palestinian sphere.
~
Questions:
Is the promotion of Iran vs. the negative promotion of Israel unconcious or contrived phenomena? Is the promotion paradigmatic or repeatedly incidental? Is the promotion socially stratifying where social rank of the individual dictates the individuals' perception of the phenomena at large?
~
A hypothetical:
Let's assume that fictional Nobells Prizes are very often awarded to those who have specific political views because the selection committee is bias oriented.
A fictional philanthropist creates a monthly prize for accomplishment in any one of a variety of fields. The individuals from one particular nation/group are noticebly prominent as frequent recipients of the award which then contradicts the biased pattern of the Nobells Prizes. Nevertheless the monthly awards recognize many individuals from many nations.
Because of the sublime distinction apparent in the monthly awards would it be expected that some parallel circumstance then appear, such as quarterly Nobells Prizes instead of annual Nobells Prizes? The effect of this being to cancel the impression of the monthly awards, the impression which empowers the noticably prominent nation/group.
The hypothetical reveals that a paradigm can be complex, with patterns subtle though prominent, possessing all of the respectability of authority yet maintaining contrived, arbitrary and/or instinctive motivation.
~
We respond differently to our associates than to outsiders/strangers. We unconciously respond to perceived power and perceived weakness.
In mimicking or expressing curiosity in foreign behavior/culture are we unconciously reacting to perceived power with simpatico gestures? Are we reacting to the queues of media because media is a representation of authority?
Are sympathies dictated by media and authority through information and misinformation? Or do we arrive at specific dispositions because of independent intellectual perseverance without queues?
~
Opinion:
To deliberately, unconciously or incidentally promote something as powerful and then to promote something else as inconsequential is to dictate where the sympathy lies. Thus subduing agreement which maintains paradigmatic social hierarchies.
The battle for the hearts and minds of people is predicated on their perception of power. In order to have sympathy for anything they must first be led by some impression of power.
Posted by: postsoviet | Nov 13, 2005 12:04:42 PM
THOUGH OUTRAGEOUS
public-domain, multiple-addressee/
CHARMING THE OFFENSIVE
This example, THOUGH OUTRAGEOUS, is possibly the perfect example of collective unconcious tricks. Possibly.
Once again a predictable and repeatedly appearing phenomena occurs in so-called MainStreamMedia.
After the Wednesday (Wednesday 11-9-05) Islamic guerilla warfare attack in Jordan, the very worn and old idea of "some" people having been "evacuated" before the attack has been circulated. Incredibly the "mechanism" that produces this "claim/rumor" did exactly the same after the 9-11-01 "suicide" attacks in the USA and after the recent London "suicide" attacks.
(snark: Rumor has it that people were alerted before the attack in Jordan and evacuated. Since the people who "always" claim responsibility for the slaughter are actually represented as members of a "religion of peace" then someother group must "actually" be responsible for the murderous bombing. Something appears to be deceiving the global population and the evacuation of "some people" is highly suspect and ... suspicious. /snark)
This slanderous tact falsely implies that the fictional evacuees were actually the attackers or members of a guerilla ideology who committed the attack. It takes the "obvious" and tries to invert it by pretending "that something else may be going on."
The fraud is also an implied threat. By nature of making "some specific people" appear as malicious it implies that they are therefore worthy of abuse. So the "headline" targets these people. Those who are falsely described as "evacuees" are being indirectly labled as evil, murderous and destructive. The labling is immensely ironic in the face of the evil, murderous and destructive Islamic attacks which are highly publicized and global ~and highly publicized and global.
The irony is punishing. There are Islamic guerilla attacks worldwide, highly promoted contemptuous Islamic statements worldwide and highly promoted Islamic political "civil rights" organizations worldwide. Yet after *another Islamic attack* we have a worldwide(via Internet) *Media* publication refusing to address the obvious but conversely producing an apparent ploy.
The REAL trick of this is that it makes you distraught, because an entity of "officialdom" would "apparently" produce this obvious fraud. You may then "react" to this phenomena and "submit to self-defeating behavior." This is the trick of the abyss; One being subdued away from the obvious and the consequences of that subduction.
Of course after the irreversible damage is done then the "entity" publishes a retraction which is virtually irrelevant because of the psychological mechanisms already triggered.
If this phenomena isn't a deliberate practice of a global paradigm then it could be a form of collective unconcious affectation, a Darwinian-like trap which demoralizes some people and emboldens others. The two possibilities can actually be the same thing.
It could be authority figures begging for recognition by slander because recognition of their accomplishments or their stature needs to be reaffirmed. Or possibly it is the standard fare of top to bottom social stratification also done unconciously. Higher rank and lower rank and the continual unconcious affirmation of that by all. Affirmation of one's rank by one's overt behavior such as; a) producing the phenomena or b) reacting to the phenomena.
Knowing the trick changes the atmosphere.
~
"Ha’aretz printed a rumor first, then published this article in response. Nice going, Ha’aretz, because, it’s not like anti-Semites won’t use the fact that an Israeli paper published this crap first as evidence that it’s true:"
http://www.yourish.com/2005/09/05/12
http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2005/11/more_on_the_amm.html
Posted by: postsoviet | Nov 15, 2005 8:40:57 PM
NOVEMBER
the war was over,
we all knew that,
smell the clover,
the war is not over
still were we engaged,
the losers still enraged,
their tactics very weak,
of nothing new to speak
the violence of a week,
the bold,
the brave,
the meek
wondered where and who,
and likewise wondered too,
but saw it all before,
as mortars hit the floor
nothing more to say,
just another day,
same another way,
as soldiers say
the war was over,
we all knew that,
smell the clover,
the war is never over
war was over,
all knew that,
tell the lover,
in cafe,
whose thought hover away.
Posted by: postsoviet | Nov 22, 2005 9:05:08 AM
NOVEMBER
If Ariel said; Some are right, right as rain, it is true, I am corrupt, this is what I am. I made choices but birth chose me. I went with my instinct. I chose between power as a leader and the power of known convictions which would have led me elsewhere. If Ariel said such, then what be?
If Ariel said; To hold power I became as I am, no other path to power exists. If you are right about power then you have power. If you are wrong about it then you lose power. I chose power over other things and I was right about power because I have it. If I chose the latter and inherited the ambiance of those thoughts, inherited the spirit of those convictions, if I avoided power, what that is outside of me would have changed in existence? The Rain? The Sea? Clouds? in the Sky. If I was not who I am what difference to eternity and back?
This is what I am. As is the Sea. As all. I survive as I am. As should all. As will all. As does the Storm. As does the Flower. The Flower which finds the Sun and the Storm as allies. My convictions are no less than any Storm or any Flower, mine are the same convictions of the Flower and Storm, they are the same convictions of the Storm and Flower. Yet I am neither of those things. This is what I am.
What can replace the Sea and the Storm and the Flower? Or the feeling One has of those things? Nothing. Their power lies in what they are. As does mine. As all. And They shall not change. Will not change. Cannot change.
So think of me when you see a Flower or Land where Flowers once bloomed. Because I have the same convictions of the Storm and the Flower and the Land. Though I am none of those things.
If Ariel said; Some are right, right as rain, it is true, I am corrupt, this is what I am. I made choices but birth chose me. I went with my instinct. I chose between power as a leader and the power of known convictions which would have led me elsewhere.
If Ariel said such things, then what be the Sea? What be Ones' children? What be You? What be Me?
Posted by: postsoviet | Nov 26, 2005 2:08:34 PM
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Dams break, the ocean feels the river, the river feels melting snow, the cloud feels the wind, there the rain shall go.
Posted by: postsoviet | Nov 28, 2005 2:40:25 PM
Sometime,
it is just time,
waiting,
a moment arrives,
circumnavigate,
forward back,
return to a point,
a marathon circle
Posted by: postsoviet | Dec 1, 2005 7:09:55 AM
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