Arafat dead

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » November 11, 2004, 11:38 am

'bout time

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » November 11, 2004, 11:39 am

"Let zee shootzings begin!"
-- Goldmember.

Seebs · Post by **Seebs** » November 11, 2004, 11:53 am

Hitler hasa bunkmate. Grats Hell.

Knibble · Post by **Knibble** » November 11, 2004, 12:25 pm

They interupted my CSI show to tell me he died. WTF kinna shit is that. Like I cared.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » November 11, 2004, 1:04 pm

I bet George Bush had something to do with this.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 11, 2004, 1:24 pm

I heard Kerry has a plan and would be a good replacement. The plan for world peace will be revealed if he gets the job.

archeiron · Post by **archeiron** » November 11, 2004, 1:30 pm

I find it hard not to have compassion for a man that lived in a land where the US and Britian arrived after World War 2, took their country away, gave it to European refugees, and ignored their plight for over half a century, who is fighting for the freedom and self determination that they rightly deserve.

At the same time, I will not mourn the loss of someone who has been directly responsible for so many deaths and has stymied an progress towards peace resolution (heh, nevermind, it is still a nice idea!).

Seebs · Post by **Seebs** » November 11, 2004, 1:32 pm

So you find it hard not to mourn the loss you have compassion for.

Well thought out Arch

Just busting on you.

I find it hard to believe nobody, throughout the years, bought this guy a Norelco shaver for his birthday. Jesus.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » November 11, 2004, 1:34 pm

saddest thing is how this jerk got rich while so many people he claimed to be fighting for their freedom, were in such dire poverty.

Ceredwin · Post by **Ceredwin** » November 11, 2004, 1:41 pm

Although the Palestinians will mourn him, his death is the best thing that could ever happen to them. President Bush's reply during a press conference, when told prematurely of Arafat's death, "May God bless his soul," is much kinder than my thoughts.

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » November 11, 2004, 1:46 pm

I think it will be a good thing for the area. I definitely wouldn't say I have any compassion for him but many people should take a look at his life as to how someone who starts out with a just cause can go so wrong with it on so many levels.

Marb

Atokal · Post by **Atokal** » November 11, 2004, 1:49 pm

Voronwë wrote:saddest thing is how this jerk got rich while so many people he claimed to be fighting for their freedom, were in such dire poverty.

Bank accounts estimated to be 1billion plus.

hrmm...

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » November 11, 2004, 2:31 pm

My first thought was "good".

I feel for his daughter, beyond that nothing.

He was a terrorist. I don't care what his initial motivation was, anyone who advocates and\or participates in the slaughter of innocents to make a point should be hunted down and killed like a dog.

Getting a pineapple pounded up his ass every morning for the next 1000 or so years would be about right.

Don't remeber which movie I saw that in (to Hitler?)

*Edit - Wow, the Boston globe printed something sensible:

In a better world, the PLO chief would have met his end on a gallows, hanged for mass murder much as the Nazi chiefs were hanged at Nuremberg. In a better world, the French president would not have paid a visit to the bedside of such a monster. In a better world, George Bush would not have said, on hearing the first reports that Arafat had died, "God bless his soul."

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editor ... e_monster/

Homercles · Post by **Homercles** » November 11, 2004, 4:32 pm

I thought his total assets were worth close to 3 billion. But hey, a billion here, a billion there. Whats the difference.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » November 11, 2004, 4:58 pm

The Fucker wasnt even born in Palastine or Israel.

Post by **Xouqoa** » November 11, 2004, 5:08 pm

http://www.honestreporting.com/articles ... 9-2004.asp

Interesting read, if it's true.

Rekaar. · Post by **Rekaar.** » November 11, 2004, 5:09 pm

Knibble wrote:They interupted my CSI show to tell me he died. WTF kinna shit is that. Like I cared.

http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S= ... v=0RY4T1L7

Drinsic Darkwood · Post by **Drinsic Darkwood** » November 11, 2004, 5:28 pm

So is it Yassir Arafat or Yasser Arafat? I've never really bothered to care but seeing multiple news sources spelling it with an E and then an I just irks me.

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » November 11, 2004, 5:30 pm

Aabidano wrote: Getting a pineapple pounded up his ass every morning for the next 1000 or so years would be about right.

Don't remeber which movie I saw that in (to Hitler?)

It was in Adam Sandlers Little Nicky, Harvey Keitel as the devil kicking pineapples up Hitlers ass on a daily basis.

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » November 11, 2004, 5:31 pm

Drinsic Darkwood wrote:So is it Yassir Arafat or Yasser Arafat? I've never really bothered to care but seeing multiple news sources spelling it with an E and then an I just irks me.

I think it doesn't matter as either is probably a translitteration of how is name is spelled in the arabic aphabet.

-=Lohrno

Drinsic Darkwood · Post by **Drinsic Darkwood** » November 11, 2004, 5:35 pm

Figured as much. Still annoys me =/

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » November 11, 2004, 5:47 pm

Is it just me, or is this picture begging to be captioned?

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » November 11, 2004, 5:48 pm

but not as much as this one is!

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » November 11, 2004, 5:50 pm

man, that page is gold, i will miss you mr. arafat!

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » November 11, 2004, 8:43 pm

But the question is: Would those of you who said you'd like him killed say the same about Sharon? Personally, I don't like either of them. But I do believe things will get worse now.

Hoarmurath · Post by **Hoarmurath** » November 11, 2004, 9:57 pm

Lohrno wrote:
Drinsic Darkwood wrote:So is it Yassir Arafat or Yasser Arafat? I've never really bothered to care but seeing multiple news sources spelling it with an E and then an I just irks me.
I think it doesn't matter as either is probably a translitteration of how is name is spelled in the arabic aphabet.

-=Lohrno

Yeah, that happens a lot, which is why you tend to see a lot of the same words spelled different ways. Usually, the English spelling is just based on the phonetic pronunciation of the Arabic word.

A neat example of this in reverse is Pepsi. Since there isn't a "p" in Arabic, they just use the letter "b", so it is spelled (and pronounced) "Bebsi" in Arabic.

valryte · Post by **valryte** » November 12, 2004, 3:05 am

I hope the that producer at CBS get's fired!

Homercles · Post by **Homercles** » November 15, 2004, 7:03 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/1 ... index.html

"Producer who broke into 'CSI: NY' fired"

your wish is there command

Rekaar. · Post by **Rekaar.** » November 15, 2004, 9:34 pm

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/char ... 1115.shtml

It is a legacy in two parts: means and ends. The means? Violence. Arafat invented modern terrorism: airplane hijackings, kidnappings, and the spectacular mass murder, like the Olympic massacre of 1972. Others had tried it. Arafat perfected it. He turned terror into a brilliantly successful political instrument, a vehicle to international recognition and respect. The man who murdered more innocent Jews than anyone since Hitler died an international hero. The president of France bowed to his casket. The secretary-general ordered UN flags to fly at half-staff.

I like this Charles guy!

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » November 16, 2004, 12:58 am

Rekaar. wrote:http://www.townhall.com/columnists/char ... 1115.shtml

It is a legacy in two parts: means and ends. The means? Violence. Arafat invented modern terrorism: airplane hijackings, kidnappings, and the spectacular mass murder, like the Olympic massacre of 1972. Others had tried it. Arafat perfected it. He turned terror into a brilliantly successful political instrument, a vehicle to international recognition and respect. The man who murdered more innocent Jews than anyone since Hitler died an international hero. The president of France bowed to his casket. The secretary-general ordered UN flags to fly at half-staff.
I like this Charles guy!

Hrmm, have the jews been at war anywhere else than the gaza strip since WWII?

Arafat was no great statesman, but he wasn't even close to Hitler.

Hoarmurath · Post by **Hoarmurath** » November 16, 2004, 12:55 pm

Zaelath wrote:Hrmm, have the jews been at war anywhere else than the gaza strip since WWII?

Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt have all invaded (and have themselves been invaded by) Israel since its formation.

Post by **Sylvus** » November 16, 2004, 3:46 pm

I find it quite difficult to believe, but I was just talking to someone at work who said that he heard a rumor that Arafat died of AIDS and that there is an effort to keep that information under wraps. It was merely secondhand information that he got from someone who works for the news department of one of the major networks, but I thought I'd post it here in case anyone else had heard anything along those lines.

Probably not true...

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » November 16, 2004, 8:14 pm

Another rumor is poison. Will probably never know.

Rekaar. · Post by **Rekaar.** » November 17, 2004, 12:28 am

Sylvus that might help me understand why he didn't see his wife for the few years leading up to his death. Unless I read that info wrong.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » November 17, 2004, 12:40 am

That is most likely because he was kept under house arrest heh.

Post by **Sylvus** » November 17, 2004, 1:21 pm

Couldn't she have visited him though?

Rekaar. · Post by **Rekaar.** » November 17, 2004, 4:46 pm

Yeah but did she? Seems odd that a husband & wife would be so separate.