http://www.warhw.com/2009/01/06/israeli-ceasefire-violation-november-2008/ A study in how language misdescribes violence, war, and the use of force. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:54:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.warhw.com/2009/01/06/israeli-ceasefire-violation-november-2008/#comment-62 UUbuntu Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:06:02 +0000 http://www.warhw.com/2009/01/06/israeli-ceasefire-violation-november-2008/#comment-62 Thank you for writing this. I've followed much of the discussion on the Boing Boing site and admire your tenacity and relentlessness in pointing out that a person who wants to avoid the quantification of lives lost when discussing Israel's conflict with Palestinians doesn't want to admit to their own view that Israeli lives are worth more than Palestinian lives, and that far, far more Palestinians are being killed in this conflict than are Israelis. Thank you for writing this. I’ve followed much of the discussion on the Boing Boing site and admire your tenacity and relentlessness in pointing out that a person who wants to avoid the quantification of lives lost when discussing Israel’s conflict with Palestinians doesn’t want to admit to their own view that Israeli lives are worth more than Palestinian lives, and that far, far more Palestinians are being killed in this conflict than are Israelis.

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