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October 23, 2005
Moral Equivalency
If this was so reprehensible, where's the outrage over this?
The Telegraph said two of the contractors who had not been killed in the attack were dragged alive from their vehicle and forced to kneel in the road before being killed.
The paper said, "Killing one of the men with a rifle round fired into the back of his head, they doused the other with petrol and set him alight." It said, "Barefoot children, yelping in delight, piled straw on to the screaming man's body to stoke the flames." The crowd then "dragged their corpses through the street, chanting anti-U.S. slogans," the newspaper reported.
*crickets*
Yeah, I'll not be holding my breath waiting for it.
Posted by Rita at October 23, 2005 11:24 AM
Comments
Couldn't agree with you more. The double-standard in the media is ridiculous, and comes from one of two places. Either they really do want the US to look bad, or their standards are truly lower for the other side. The latter could stem either from innate racism, or a sense of cultural superiority.
Any way you slice it, the media is wrong to treat them (and us) that way.
Posted by: K at October 25, 2005 02:34 PM