Friday, August 20, 2004

It's even worse when it gets so personal

The BBC reports Athens 2004 remembers Munich 1972. But of course, "Athens" did no such thing. In fact, the IOC and most National Olympic Committees refuse to acknowledge the horror and uniqueness of the 1972 Munich atrocity perpetrated by Arafat's murderers.
Thirty-two years ago, 11 Israeli athletes were killed at the Munich Olympics, after Palestinian militants stormed the Israeli team headquarters.
The BBC, even in the case of a group of Olympic athletes being slaughtered by Arabs with assault rifles and grenades at the worlds premier sporting event, REFUSES TO CALL THE BEAST BY ITS NAME: TERRORISTS. MURDERERS.
Notice also the passive tone of the report:
11 Israeli athletes were killed at the Munich Olympics, after Palestinian militants stormed the Israeli team headquarters.
Athletes were killed. Palestinian militants stormed the Israeli team headquarters.

There hardly seems to be a link between the two events. By whom were the athletes "killed"? Why is it so hard for the BBC to say exactly what happened?
Ankie Spitzer, widow of fencing coach Andre Spitzer, told a crowd of more than 200 at the Israeli ambassador's residence: "More than 30 years have passed, but for, the families of the innocent victims, it seems like only yesterday.
THERE WAS NO CROWD. 200 people is about the number of relatives of the murdered athletes + embassy staff.

NO ONE CARED THEN, OR CARES NOW.
The IOC says that to introduce a specific reference to the victims of the Munich massacre could alienate other members of the Olympic community.
Other members? Who? Tibet? Or could it be the sponsors of the murderers militants?

Amos, Yaacov, I remember you always. Miro, you are in my heart.

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