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Killer becomes a 'victim'
Manfred Gerstenfeld
Published: 29.03.12, 12:34
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1. Honest self awareness is expecting toomuch but good article
Shadoil ,   Jerusalem   (03.29.12)
2. Sick!!!!
Mitchell Cohen ,   Gush Etzion, Israel   (03.29.12)
Even if one buys the white-washing of Muslim terrorism, how can three kids under the age of ten be "guilty" and "oppressors"?
3. France should deal with the parent for NEGLIGENT UPBRINGING.
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (03.29.12)
4. awaitying Bradley Burston of "Haaretz" to pray for Merah
ab   (03.29.12)
,just as he has prayed for and urged the "One State" and "return of pal refugees"
5. I will be oh so happy
Linichka ,   Gdynia, Poland   (03.29.12)
when the day dawns that this smirking monster's ugly face no longer is seen on website or print media. We will never forget his hideous acts, but I would like to forget this face of hell itself.
6. Proverbs 17:15
Christine ,   Parma, Ohio USA   (03.29.12)
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
7. Not all Muslims...
Douglas Fireman ,   Chicago, USA   (03.29.12)
Victims, indeed. The man's a cold blooded killer. It was his choice to move to France, It was his choice to kill the children and the Rabbi. Not all Muslims run around killing innocents. Not all Muslims are caught up in the Propaganda generated by Palestinian leadership who refuse to turn the corner toward peace. Not all Muslims are fanatics and fans of martyrdom. That all Muslims would praise Meran and consider him a victim is completely fallacious thinking. Merah is a cold blooded killer who was totally responsible for his actions. He is a victim only in the eyes of his Muslim supporters and those Europeans who are stupid enough to believe them. Fortunately he is or will soon be lieing in a cold grave where he belongs.
8. Merah's birthplace
Zooey ,   Toledo, OHIO, USA   (03.29.12)
Doug Fireman is misleading people by saying that Merah chose to come to France to live. Merah was BORN in France!
9. at 5
Gabriel ,   Leiden, Netherlands   (03.29.12)
I agree. A distinctively unpleasant face to gaze upon. Good riddance to bad rubbish, and now let's stop publishing his picture.
10. The Europeans will NEVER forgive the Jews for Auschwitz..
tiki ,   belgium   (03.29.12)
Because THEY are guilty of tearing down the masks and exposing the sophisticated Europeans like the Jew murderers & slave drivers they have always been. How they would love to paste the veneer back on, only being hindered by 6000 000 reasons. Whitwashing & heel licking Muslim killers, but smearing Israel & Jews, just proves they have a long way to go.
11. GOOD MORNING EUROPE!
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12. don't belive anything
Ron Kirsh ,   London   (03.29.12)
this is nonsense. Don't believe anything Gerstenfeld writes, he makes up his enemies. "Politically correct European elites". Romano? Ramadan? For how many do they speak? Gerstenfeld should read the newspapers in English, French, Italian, German, etc...he won't find much about Muslims as victims. This is just propaganda. Actually, it is racist to cast the "Europeans' all into one lot.
13. #7 douglas
solomon ,   bklyn   (03.29.12)
Not all, but most. And if not most, where are they? If there are those against the fanatics and fans of Sharia, let them be heard. If they aren’t heard, its the same as being non-existent. You can’t claim something while being empty-handed with no proof.
14. Will This Article Change Anyhting?
emanon ,   USA   (03.29.12)
No, it will not. There are all too many people ready to placate the arabs for fear that they too become a target and then go on to become victims themselves.
15. If he is buried in France, he may find pig oil on his grave!
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16. he is a victim Sarkozi used him for re election
reza shah ,   tehran   (03.29.12)
very soon you shall hear the connection between him and the french intel
17. lies, lies, lies
STayl ,   Bruges   (03.29.12)
I always read Gerstenfeld's columns as if it were "The Onion", i.e. satire, but without being anything to laugh about at the end. He cites 2 historians (2!!!) which are not mainstream, one of which is even a Muslim. And they are the "European Elite". Only for Gerstenfeld. Then he reports of the 1 (1!!!) teacher in France. There are 150.000 teachers in France, and so 149.999 have condemned the massacre. This column borders on hate-speech: "ALL of the European and Socialist Elite are antisemites!!". Now THAT is some negative stereotyping, i.e. racism.
18. #16 Wrong. This can happen only in tyrannies like Iran!
Valerie G. ,   Rhone   (03.29.12)
19. #17 "The Onion" - WOW! That's a reliable source!
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20. True article i am French and Israeli
Dan ,   from Zion, Israel   (03.29.12)
I read many french magazines and newspapers on the net, in french of course, and i can tell you the author of this article is telling the truth. Most of French journalists justify the terrorist, even calling him killer and not terrorist and wondering how such a nice guy became so violent! (he went to prison before, and trained in Afghanistan to become terorist except their nice guy). They don't stop writing about him, telling everything about his life, his taste, his opinions, his family, etc...as if the monster was a movie star and not a scum. Of course not a word about his victims after a week as if they did not exist. Many many French are ill, insane, twisted, immoral, they have no shame, and their antisemitism is obvious. They admire the monster because he murdered Jewish children, that's why they find him so many excuses. That's the only logical explanation. Thanks G-d I left France and live in Zion, my beloved Israel i am very grateful Israel exists, it is our real home. The french are collaborating with the nazislamists, like they did in 1940. Some are good people but most are not.All the Europeans are Jew haters.
21. No 12
Emma ,   London   (03.29.12)
I live in the UK and I read English newspapers and they love the Muslims. The British media constantly justifies crimes against Jews and Israelis by saying that Muslims are upset at what is happening in 'Palestine'. When was the last time you read the Guardian, Independent or listened to BBC's Question Time or have you got your head buried in the sand?
22. White Christian males
gary   (03.29.12)
have been made to feel guilty and responsible for all oppression in the world. It is politically incorrect for these men to publicly blame any group other than their own for anything. They cannot publicly say anything bad about women, gays, non whites, or other religious groups. If they publicly criticize Muslims they are accaccaccused of racism.
23. Dan from Zion: Don't others killed count?
Zooey ,   Toledo, OHIO, USA   (03.29.12)
Dan, You're not saying a thing about the Muslim and Christians that Merah killed. Aren't they as important as the Jewish victims? Try to be a bit less partisan, please.
24. #14 - what do you suggest?
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25. #7 Reality check
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (03.30.12)
No - not all Muslims are terrorists, but it would be very close to state all terrorists are Muslim. And that a vast majority of them support terrorism and genocide, and slavery.
26. #23 Hey - don't forget that you are on a JEWISH newspaper!
(03.30.12)
If you are so eager for sympathy, you'll find enough of it in Muslim newspapers across the entire world - but not for the Muslim, Christians or Jewish victims, rather for the murderer! Same goes in "Christian" newspapers like Le Monde, The Independent, Guardian and of course, in the "Jewish" New York Times! So, plenty of sources to satisfy your delusional political correctness. Leave us alone with grieving for our own, OK?
27. Good article. It's a good work tool for defining antisitisme
Jack Klaber ,   Israel   (03.30.12)
Gerstenfeld mentions a. o. one of the main motors of antisemitisme: the falsehood of argumenting that the behavior (negative of course) of Jews is the cause of this. I have personally faced this kind of antisemitisme. Like any other member of the human race, we make mistakes too. Linking it to the fact that the person in question is Jewish is outright antisemitisme and I will not accept this from no one! Or one accepts the Nazi ideology that we are NOT part of the human race, which means Q. E. D.
28. #12 I'll take your advice: I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU SAY!
(03.30.12)
Idiot!
29. Snaggle-toothed monster!
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.30.12)
Dig up his grave and cast his rotting remains to the vultures. They deserve a meal.
30. They are on the same page
Frank ,   Canada   (03.30.12)
Uglypeans and jihadists are all on the same page: they support the Arab genocidal project. Eurotrash is depicting Merah as a victim because they agree with him and they want to give legitimacy to their rabid anti-Semitism diguised as anti-Israelism
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