tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post4667111613686998924..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Counting the DeadYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-62464915372111114222010-11-03T14:57:52.028+02:002010-11-03T14:57:52.028+02:00Whenever dead children are mentioned in one of &qu...Whenever dead children are mentioned in one of "my" comment threads I insist on their age getting defined. <br />To date all those challenged have chickened or rather slithered out. The reason for this I learned in a lecture by this man http://law.wlu.edu/faculty/profiledetail.asp?id=11 <br />i.e. the age as of which a child soldier stops being a child and becomes a soldier is very much under dispute. <br /><br />Slate.com told me that for Gazans the age limit is set at 18. From Mr. Drumbl I learned that the int'ls are debating it around 15. <br /><br />Therefore beware whenever child casualties are mentioned unless the age isn't clearly defined suspicion of phony numbers is justified.<br /><br />When I was young, working age in Germany began at 14!!! (1956 and onward) for those who hadn't landed an apprenticeship or hang on in school. (school began at 6 and ended in the 8 year Volksschule at 14. BTW pupils who had been good in German could become printer apprentices then. One of those was a member in our clique and the authority we "gymnasiasts" went to with spelling and interpunction problems. He was reliable. and all of us weren't children who could look back on trauma-free early childhoods. Amazing isn't it? are we living in an age of progressive childification? - I think "my" Greek fishermen friends had left school at 12 and started to work on their father's boat from then on. I don't know how old they were when they'd start work on big merchant ships but definitely a lot less than 18)<br /><br />SilkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-42875860835233881732010-11-03T14:09:24.270+02:002010-11-03T14:09:24.270+02:00There's not much use quoting Hamas on casualti...There's not much use quoting Hamas on casualties, because the anti-Israel forces have adopted a new tactic. They quote Palestinian numbers for the overall killed followed by the number of children. Whether either of these numbers has anymore basis in fact than the original numbers of Hamas dead is never discussed. Nor is there a discussion of Hamas battle tactics.<br />http://www.northfieldnews.com/news.php?viewStory=55068<br />T34Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-61998117847866558182010-11-02T19:41:43.105+02:002010-11-02T19:41:43.105+02:00Oh Great, 'Durban III' set for New York Se...Oh Great, 'Durban III' set for New York September 2011.<br />http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/durban-iii-set-new-york-city-september-2011_514526.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-33209272277042872472010-11-02T18:39:22.414+02:002010-11-02T18:39:22.414+02:00welcome back Yaacov.
As for the 'admission...welcome back Yaacov.<br /><br />As for the 'admission' - it doesn't matter. The damage to us is already done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-36806689835193867092010-11-02T17:33:42.328+02:002010-11-02T17:33:42.328+02:00Yeah, sure, OK, sp they lied. Big deal. They'r...Yeah, sure, OK, sp they lied. Big deal. They're expected to lie. We expect them to lie. They expect themselves to lie (they wouldn't settle for anything less).<br /><br />And the dude'll probably deny saying it tomorrow (or else claim he was "taken out of context").<br /><br /><b>BUT GAZA IS <a href="http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001144.html" rel="nofollow">STILL UNDER SEIGE!</a></b><br /><br />http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001144.html<br /><br />(P.S. How do you like my wacko-conspiracy-theorist font?)Barry Meislinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04795125774426217113noreply@blogger.com