- This editorial contains the requisite statements you
would
- expect in describing an event of the tragedy and controvery
of the Columbia
- disaster---until you reach the last paragraph. There,
the New York Times
- indecently uses the forum to campaign on behalf of Israel.
It exploits the
- death of Israel's first astronaut, war hero Ilan Ramon,
to make a point about
- Israel's commitment to peace. In singling out Ramon,
the editorial implies
- that his death is more important than that of the other
astronauts, because
- of its symbolic importance pertaining to Israel. This
turns what should be a
- tribute to seven fine, courageous people into a cheap
forum for politics. The
- Rip Post finds this utterly disgusting.
-
- http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/01/opinion/01CND-COLE.html
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