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Just so you guys know, I'll be away on vacation for the next couple of weeks. I'll have the laptop with me, but I won't have much of a connection and I'm not sure how often I'll be around.
I've also been moving my sleep schedule around in preparation, so I'm kind of tired and out of it right now.
In short, don't expect too much for a while.
I do, however, want to pass on this link. With a warning. I'm too tired to concentrate on it now. I haven't really checked into it too much. I don't like passing on links that I haven't fully investigated, but I'm not in a position to do better at the moment and it does need to be done. Coverage of the Israel/Lebanon conflict has been kind of one-sided around here. I've been very disappointed in the New York Times, which has been filling the front page with one pro-Lebanon/anti-Israel picture after another. (If you're a Times reader, please consider writing in to them about that!)
It's amazing how slanted things can be. Terrorists set up camp in populated areas. People know they're there. They have to. But no one does anything about it. They let them live there and go about their business. In their towns. In their neighborhoods. In their buildings. So Israel goes after them, and what gets reported? "Israel is attacking populated areas! There are civillians getting hurt and killed!" And when the terrorists strike? "Oh, there was another bombing in Israel. Same old, same old. The act of a few desperate people. Terrible, really. And in other news..."
I'm not saying I have no sympathy for people on the other side of things. I'm not saying that violence is the answer. I wish things could be resolved peacefully. More realistically, I wish the coverage of the situation was more honest and balanced.
So, in the hopes of playing some small part in that, I'm passing on this link from a couple of people on my flist:
http://israelnorthblog.livejournal.com/
Also, for those interested, I got this link via email:
http://www.websense-media.co.il/has_200706/default.asp
It's from Heritage Affinity Services, a credit card company set up to support Israeli charities. You use the form to send a message of support to the front-line troops, which will be delivered with some free chocolate. HAS gets some free advertizing, the troops get some encouragement (and chocolate!), and you get that nice feeling of having done something good.
I've also been moving my sleep schedule around in preparation, so I'm kind of tired and out of it right now.
In short, don't expect too much for a while.
I do, however, want to pass on this link. With a warning. I'm too tired to concentrate on it now. I haven't really checked into it too much. I don't like passing on links that I haven't fully investigated, but I'm not in a position to do better at the moment and it does need to be done. Coverage of the Israel/Lebanon conflict has been kind of one-sided around here. I've been very disappointed in the New York Times, which has been filling the front page with one pro-Lebanon/anti-Israel picture after another. (If you're a Times reader, please consider writing in to them about that!)
It's amazing how slanted things can be. Terrorists set up camp in populated areas. People know they're there. They have to. But no one does anything about it. They let them live there and go about their business. In their towns. In their neighborhoods. In their buildings. So Israel goes after them, and what gets reported? "Israel is attacking populated areas! There are civillians getting hurt and killed!" And when the terrorists strike? "Oh, there was another bombing in Israel. Same old, same old. The act of a few desperate people. Terrible, really. And in other news..."
I'm not saying I have no sympathy for people on the other side of things. I'm not saying that violence is the answer. I wish things could be resolved peacefully. More realistically, I wish the coverage of the situation was more honest and balanced.
So, in the hopes of playing some small part in that, I'm passing on this link from a couple of people on my flist:
http://israelnorthblog.livejournal.com/
Also, for those interested, I got this link via email:
http://www.websense-media.co.il/has_200706/default.asp
It's from Heritage Affinity Services, a credit card company set up to support Israeli charities. You use the form to send a message of support to the front-line troops, which will be delivered with some free chocolate. HAS gets some free advertizing, the troops get some encouragement (and chocolate!), and you get that nice feeling of having done something good.
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Haven't been keeping an eye on the news lately, so I don't know if the situation down here is the same. Probably is. Either way I'll have a look at those links.
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