Mideast suicide bombings. (letters).The story about the Palestinian teen killing the Israeli teenager ("Two Girls, Divided by War, Joined in Carnage," 5/6/02) equalizes the two too much. Their lives did not intersect In a relational database, to match two files and produce a third file with records that are common in both. For example, intersecting an American file and a programmer file would yield American programmers. , mirroring the conflict between people as this article states. No, in fact, the Palestinian girl murdered the Jewish girl along with the security guard and would have killed more than two people if she could have. Murderers and victims are in no way equivalent despite other coincidental co·in·ci·den·tal adj. 1. Occurring as or resulting from coincidence. 2. Happening or existing at the same time. co·in similarities. There is nothing poetic about it. It is tragic and scary scar·y adj. scar·i·er, scar·i·est 1. Causing fright or alarm. 2. Easily scared; very timid. scar . Equating e·quate v. e·quat·ed, e·quat·ing, e·quates v.tr. 1. To make equal or equivalent. 2. To reduce to a standard or an average; equalize. 3. murderers with the murdered in a poetic way is not the way to report this type of situation. Dan May Nashville, Tennessee I was dismayed to see in your most recent issue a story about a Palestinian suicide bombing Noun 1. suicide bombing - a terrorist bombing carried out by someone who does not hope to survive it bombing - the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists suicide bombing n → , but apparently there was no room for a story about atrocities committed by Israelis. Both sides of the story should be shown. How come there was no story about Palestinian families in Jenin getting bulldozed in their homes by the Israeli army? It is racist to think that the terrible suffering of one side is somehow not as human as the other. Sam Dreessen Chicago, Illinois |
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