Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rlgvax!raghu From: raghu@rlgvax.UUCP (Raghu Raghunathan) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Terrorism, etc. (Just a thought) Message-ID: <819@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 08:34:44 EST Article-I.D.: rlgvax.819 Posted: Fri Nov 1 08:34:44 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 14:34:54 EST References: <1068@ubc-vision.UUCP> <539@ihlpm.UUCP> <426@uw-june> <231@cornell.UUCP> Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 21 > There has been a lot of discussion on the net about terrorism and > freedom of speech, well, I am very surprised that the murder of Mr. > Odeh the director of the Arab American Anti Discrimination Association > did not even give rise to a passing comment. He was murdered two weeks > ago in California for voicing his opinions on television. > > It seems that this act of "terrorism" has been hardly noticed by the > general public or media. > I totally agree. When an innocent American is killed abroad by Arabs (or Palestinians), all hell breaks loose among the journalists and the news media, but when an equally innocent Arab-sympathizer is killed in America by Americans, it is conveniently ignored by the news media. I did see a small blurp in the Washington Post a few weeks back about Odeh but nothing more. Both murders were acts of terrorism and both deserve reasonable coverage in the news. - Raghu.