Kitty Genovese is Palestine

[Hoosier Daddy]

And we're not just gonna fail to call the police: we are, in fact, going to help the rapist.

Flame at will!

[CBGLuthier]

1. Keep perpetuating the myth, especially if you can warp it to an analogy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese

While Genovese's neighbors were vilified by the articles, "thirty-eight onlookers who did nothing" is a misconception. The New York Times article begins:
"For more than half an hour thirty-eight respectable, law-abiding citizens in Queens watched a killer stalk and stab a woman in three separate attacks in Kew Gardens."
The lead is dramatic but factually inaccurate. None of the witnesses observed the attacks in their entirety. Because of the layout of the complex and the fact that the attacks took place in different locations, no witness saw the entire sequence of events. Most only heard portions of the incident without realizing its seriousness, a few saw only small portions of the initial assault, and no witnesses directly saw the final attack and rape in an exterior hallway, which resulted in Genovese's death. Additionally, after the initial attack punctured her lungs (leading to her eventual death from asphyxiation), it is unlikely that she was able to scream at any volume.

[RZM]

2. That makes little sense n/t

[Rebubula]

3. Uhhh....

....LOL WUT?


Cannot flame what I do not get...please elaborate (understand the crime reference - just not sure what position you are taking)

[Throd]

4. I'm wearing pants. IBTL

[MrNJ]

5. Are you sure it's not the other way around?

Are you sure Israel is not the victim after being attacked repeatedly from 1948 till present?

[RaleighNCDUer]

6. Israel has not been the victim since 1973, when they were attacked

(actually, they attacked preemptively against forces prepared to attack them) by Egypt in the Yom Kippur war. Since that time they have not been subject to any existential threat to the nation - only terrorist attacks. OTOH, they launched repeated attacks against Lebanon and Gaza over the past 30 years, were the aggressor in all of them, and put down the intifadas with extreme violence.

So, no.

[movonne]

7. No I do not think it is the other way around...there has been plenty of

blood shed on both sides but it is time to make changes...

[Codeine]

8. . . . with Jerry Mathers as The Beaver! nt

[cali]

9. Fucking damn straight I'll flame you. I knew her family

Using someone in this vile way is just beneath contemt.

Not to mention that it's fucking beyond stupid as a metaphor, darlin'.

[11 Bravo]

10. Yeah, I remember when Kitty murdered the Palestinian Olympic wrestling team.

It was in all the papers.