Forum Post: 23 year old American sweetheart and activist killed by foreign soldier, Congress ordered not to investigate
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 25, 2011, 8:10 a.m. EST by superomenna1
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Rachel Corrie, 23 year old activist from Olympia, Washington, is killed while protesting. Investigation process in Congress stops abruptly.
The story is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9OCyvZ01eI
Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace: http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/
City of Olympia tries to boycott in protest, faces lawsuit http://www.olympiabds.org/
True heroine and Angel of Light.
If only leaders in the US and the world would just have a piece of her courage and not be cowered down by intimidation nor be bought out, what a world this could be.
Shame on all the cowards that sit in a Congress that allowed this to happen, they are just as culpable as those criminals who committed this crime and continue to perpetuate these to the shouts of delight and applause by Congress.
Can a sovereign state be tried for crimes (too many leaders to be called to be prosecuted), what is the International Court of Justice's stand on such blatant crimes?
justanobserver wrote: Shame on all the cowards that sit in a Congress that allowed this to happen,END-
Well you might need to stop your practice of just observing and try working for an Article 5 convention because if 3/4 of the states are ratifying congress has no voice whatsoever.
This is mandated in the Declaration of Independence.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Lessig power point on article V http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gpbfY-atMk
Lots of facts here about Article V. http://algoxy.com/poly/article_v_convention.html
Article V conference, Lawrence Lessig at harvard 9/25/11-other attendee video comments http://vimeo.com/31464745
Thank You
Troll post:
1) Rachael was killed 8 years ago.
2) Rachael was not killed by the USA.
3) The poster makes no mention of 1 or 2.
4) The poster is disingenuous in his presentation of the facts.
5) The post is another anti-semitic post from activists pursuing non-OWS agendas.
6) Marginalization of any religious group only hurts OWS objectives.
1) This crime 8 years ago is a specific of what has been going on for the past many decades and is being perpetuated even now.
2) OWS is a global revolution against crimes against humanity, furthermore the US in its silence makes it equally responsible.
5) Is truth anti-semitic (so main stream media would agree and so will people pushing false propaganda)
6) This is not marginalization of any religious group but rather an exposure of what crimes are being committed armored by the name of a religion; no true religion would advocate such crimes, so this would mean an abuse of religion.
interesting post...this event was a huge ground-breaking turning point for me...physically/emotional/spiritually the knowledge of this and the silence that followed it forever took my faith out of govt and into the people
Well we know by now who our government work for, not for the people, but for the war machine.
Rachel Aliene Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003) was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). She was killed in the Gaza Strip by an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) bulldozer when she was standing or kneeling in front of a local Palestinian's home, thus acting as a human shield, attempting to prevent the IDF from demolishing the home. The IDF stated that the death was due to the restricted angle of view of the IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozer driver, while members of the International Solidarity Movement said "there was nothing to obscure the driver's view."[1] A student at The Evergreen State College, she had taken a year off to travel to the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada.[2]
How far away was the bulldozer when she started kneeling? If the driver was far away when Rachel started kneeling the driver should be able to see Rachel. Any way of proving my theory?
Oh he could see her...but no way to prove it.
I failed to understand why the person who placed the bulldozer picture is trying to defend a foreign soldier.
The person or persons glaucon, had other username, is a known troll. He's probably the paid arm of the Bloomberg propaganda machine.
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This is BS. Are you saying that a person was wacked out over a . Well whart is the story about. A, some scum-bag former US Marine that got his head smashed in because he took a stand. Is that what you want us to understand. No way man. By - me Former USMC type SGT. CarlfromStatenIsland. And one more thing. There are about 5000. of us on StatenIsland, alone. By,By...
And why is she a "sweetheart"?
irrelevant.
Irrelevant what?
You know why she was in Israel. It's the same reason this post doesn't get any negative comments. While you're at it. Why don't you head over here:
http://occupywallst.org/forum/something-to-think-about-part-1/
Here's some light reading. You may also want to go to that boycott Toshiba link and tell your story. It would help out a lot. :)
A little bit of light reading.
Hmmm..why was she in Israel? Is that really the place to change the world?
she was in Gaza, fucktard
If you think that Gaza isn't still part of Israel, Fucktard Marxist scum, then you are too stupid to be taking part in this conversation. Go away, Fucktard.
Don't be daft. Marines used to fight Nazis, and that's what you're doing right now. What type of "barcode" do you think he's talking about? Marxists aren't the only bad guys in the world, despite what Raygun told you.
go oven yerself, kikeboy
Palestine belongs to the Jews. Period.
I'm not really sure what this post as to do with Occupy and why the issue is being raised 8 years after the tragedy.
The event happened in 2003 and there was more than one investigation. There are many contradicting affidavits and the driver also commented. You can real a lot of information on the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Corrie
It's also worth having a look at the bulldozer since it's taller than normal everyday American bulldozers.
So she committed suicide. Her family mourns, her life cut short, for nothing. Why would she choose suicide?
She probably thought that they would stop. Can't you figure that out?
Yes. But she was wrong. Why am I supposed to look to her as an example of OWS?
I didn't say you should. I was just pointing out that she most likely didn't do it as an act of suicide.
Would you say that what she did was courageous at all or just stupid and pointless?
Anyone would expect the bulldozer to stop, a few soldiers would appear and take her to jail. I bet the imbecile driving the bulldozer thought she was a nobody and no government would care or do anything about it. Now we know he was right.
Since her parents could not count with the US government, they decided to look for justice in the Israeli court system. An impossible dream, of course.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/07/israel-corrie-parents-say-israel-withholding-evidence-in-wrongful-death-suit.html
No courage or suicide. Pointless. Changed nothing. She died for filth.
If she would have died trying to stop a bulldozer from destroying an American home would it be any different?
Yes.
your mommy was wrong when she farted you, kikeboy
Who said she committed suicide? I think the confusion is whether it was an accident or murder. Did you read the inquires and the affidavits. Nobody on either side thinks it was a suicide. There are people on both sides who think it was an accident. One of her friend activists admits under oath that she slipped when climbing down the pill of dirt. The question is did the driver see her or not? There's no way to prove if he did or didn't. I believe in innocent until proven guilty.
She committed suicide. She was willing to sacrifice her life for a house and a cause. Getting in front of a bulldozer is risking one's life. She "probably" thought they would stop?" she traded her life, on purpose.
She certainly was taking a big risk and she must of known she could have been killed. That's certain. Did she really commit suicide to become a martyr for the cause? It doesn't really seem like it. Not from what I have read.
I will amend my post. She was reckless with her life. If you free climb El cap, you risk death. She did the same.
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