Something... and Half of Something: Question for Parents

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August 11, 2006

Question for Parents

Your five year old daughter falls off the swings at the playground. She hits her head and it appears serious. What do you do?

A. Pick her up and rush her to the hospital where she can get immediate medical attention, have someone call ahead so the doctors will be waiting to give her the best medical care possible; or

B. Call Hamas and then the media, so the photographers can be waiting to assist you in using your daughter's body as fodder in the war and to make it look like she was killed by evil baby killing jooos

This palestinian father chose option B, his little girl died and later, his lie was exposed:


EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT ** A Relative carries the body of Rajaa Abu Shaban, 5, into Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006. On Thursday, doctors said that the 5-year-old Palestinian girl initially believed to have been killed by an Israeli military strike Wednesday apparently died after sustaining head injuries during a fall from a swing in the same area shortly before the strike.(AP Photo/Adel Hana)

The doctors initially believed what they were told by her father. You would think a parent's primary concern might be the well being of their child. Not in palestine, where children are nothing but a potential bloody media bite in their goal to destroy Israel. And, of course, no one will make any real effort to get the facts out, so the original accusation will stand against Israel.

This incident leads to one more question: How do you tell a muslim is lying?
The answer is: His lips are moving.

Posted by LindaSoG at August 11, 2006 08:54 AM

Comments

This incident reminds me of a cultural phenomenon I witnessed repeatedly when I was working in Saudi Arabia. Whenever one of my Saudi collegues announced that his wife had given birth, he would either say, "My wife had a son," or "My wife had a child." Arabs never say "My wife had a daughter," because, to them, the birth of a daughter is lamentable. The wife screwed things up. Sons are what they treasure. In Saudi, divorcing a wife whose first two births are to girls is very common.

I suspect if that child in the photo was a boy, he might have been taken to a hospital. But a girl? What an easy way to dispose of an unwanted child. Exploit her wounds for religeous/political reasons and if she dies, it's a two-banger. Sick? Absolutely. Heartless? Yup. And it's a mentality that is endemic across the Arab world.

PS: That joke about how you can tell when a Muslim is lying (their lips are moving) is one I heard many, many times when I was in the Middle East. And it is very true!

Posted by: Kevin M at August 11, 2006 05:17 PM

Here's one for the books: http://www.travisandjonathan.com/RedStateUpdate2big.html

Muslims don't much take to having their dead burned up by US soldiers. Jackie and Dunlap explain.

Posted by: Kevin M at August 11, 2006 05:24 PM

Posted by: sultan knish at August 12, 2006 09:44 PM