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The justice comes when your still alive and the people you don't like aren't. 
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Israeli Media : Clinical death, irreversible."Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.Comment
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I'm one of those who don't take particular joy of another persons death, even if that person is a bastard. I'm more like 'Well, it's settled now.'.. and that's the way I feel about this. If he lives few years longer, I won't be disappointed, if he dies soon, I won't be disappointed.In da butt.
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Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
I wont regret his death (but he's not dead yet!) and I won't celebrate it either. But let's hope that a new Palestinian leader with a clean slate will emerge and a constructive dialogue with Israel will begin.
top 5 possibilities now, are Abu Mazen (Abbas), Abu Alaa (Qureia), Bargouti, Dahlan, and Rajoub. First two are "tunisians" fellow exiles, like Arafat, others emerged as local players in West Bank/Gaza. Dahlan probably considered most "moderate" followed by Abbas. Bargouti probably most hardline.
But even if its Bargouti, the pressure on Sharon to reach out will be intense. Yossi Sarid, of dovish Yachad party, has already called for a renewal of negotiations on the death of Arafat, and as has been mentioned :he aint dead yet" (the difference in POV between the global left "how dare people take joy at Arafats death" and the Israeli left "oh goodie, now we can press Sharon to negotiate" is striking, as always)
If its anyone more moderate than Bargouti, the pressure will be that much more intense.
The worst case from the POV of negotiations would be prolonged violence among the Pals, which would give Sharon an excuse for deferring negotiations."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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You're mean.Originally posted by Oerdin
The justice comes when your still alive and the people you don't like aren't.
No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Who's behind Arafat's death? Is it Bush's fault, or do those French try to improve the relations to the US?
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well we'll really see now if Arafat was an obstacle to peace. I dont see any changes from this. Life goes on... on in the case of the middle east - death goes on.Comment
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Death is considered by most as a punishment. This is why people are sad when a loved one dies. This is why people are happy when a hated one dies.Originally posted by The Mad Monk
We all die. Where is justice?
This "punishment" is the only one many bastards will get for their crimes. Like Arafat. Like Pinochet. Like Pol Pot. Hence, for those who hate these bastards, death is the only thing open to celebration.
I'd much better celebrate Pinochet's constant torture in the hands of Chilean militias, rather than his death (the punishment seems much more fitting)"I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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I don't view death as punishment. Simply another part of life. Arafat is just moving on to the next stage of his existence, wherever that may be.
I agree with Pekka.Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - RahComment
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The French poisoned him! Death to the French!“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of ManComment
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If only he felt that way.Originally posted by OzzyKP
Well then we disagree. I wish death on no one, and do not rejoice at the death of anyone. I see something base and inhuman (or perhaps too human....
) about thirsting for death.
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Just a few hours ago, one of your fellow Murricans wanted to bomb us because we were aiding himOriginally posted by pchang
The French poisoned him! Death to the French!
"I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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I was just trying to illustrate the Arab point of view. They tend to believe in conspiracy theories.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of ManComment
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New rumor is that he is dead, they are delaying announcement so they can "get a handle" on the situation.No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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