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Sad, but frustrated.

February 22, 2002

Sad, but frustrated. The big story of the day is the killing of the WSJ writer, Daniel Pearl. It is a horrible thing that he died and the way in which he was killed, but I'm a little frustrated at all the attention this is getting when our killing of 16 Afghan civilians is mentioned only in passing in news sources. Death sucks and it sucks even more when the person was not in battle, but we can't put David Pearl on a pedestal just becuase he's an American. Maybe my humanitarian instincts are running wild but I think we need to remember to keep this tragedy in perspective.

Comments (2 comments so far)

Comment #1:

obviously i'm cool b/c i'm looking at your site at 12:35am. but it's b/c of my utter dorkiness that i know his first name is daniel. but i guess the fact that i know his first name and i don't know any of the names of the afghan civilians proves your point. sorry. this comment sucks. don't post it. i'm tired.

Posted by moria on February 22, 2002 at 11:37PM

Comment #2:

An interesting and important point Mathew. In the words of my favorite Metro Times editor, "America has never set a standard it won't double."

Posted by karakarabobeara on February 23, 2002 at 10:22AM

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