Kuntar victim's family outraged by his return to terror

[eyl]

Eliyahu Shahar's family were perturbed, but not in any way surprised by the images displayed to the world this week of Samir Kuntar engaging in weapons training.

Shahar was killed by a terror cell led by Kuntar into the northern coastal town of Nahariya in 1979. It was during that raid that Kuntar also murdered Danny Haran and his four-year-old daughter Einat.

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[Vegasaurus]

1. Sickening.

Once a terrorist always a terrorist.

No rehabilitation for someone with that sick a mindset.

[LeftishBrit]

7. Not actually always true that 'once a terrorist, always a terrorist'

There are former terrorists who have changed, and moved to peaceful solutions (e.g. a number in the Northern Ireland conflict).

However, a person who brutally murders a young child with his own hands, and never shows any remorse for it, is not very likely to be rehabilitated.

[Shaktimaan]

2. I think that Israel should probably target him for assasination now...

before he ends up hurting someone.

It would make the absurd trade they made for him much more understandable if it turned out to be a means to an end. ie: releasing him so that he could finally be executed. Were that to occur, the Lebanese would probably be more than a little miffed.

What's that phrase again... Buyer beware?

Seriously, I do genuinely hope his cellphone or toilet or something explodes soon.

[Alamuti Lotus]

3. but that wouldn't be "terror", would it?

Seriously, I do genuinely hope his cellphone or toilet or something explodes soon.

I appreciate your hope for violence without hiding behind any sort of cowardly euphemistic language, and I say this without any sort of irony behind it. That kind of candor is most helpful in figuring out what someone is really trying to say. Speaking of absurd, truly remarkable line of reasoning there--"kill him before he hurts someone!"..

In light of recent history, all of those in the South should familiarize themselves with some forms of training, so that they are once again ready for the next time the destroyers ride through their familiar paths--especially recalling the IDF Northern Commander's recent pledge to destroy entire villages next time things get noisy--as if that is anything new..

[pelsar]

4. classic use of euphemistic language

next time things get noisy

given the history of israeli attacks upon lebanon....(history is your friend..... that happens after various levels of attacks upon israeli citizens (katushas, mortars, cross border raids, snipers etc)

i'm guessing here but your use of word "noisy"....is that a translation for "Hizballa attacks israel again?"

[Alamuti Lotus]

5. Oh good, you picked up on that

Aside from it being a vehicle for subtle self-satire, that particular phrase was one of the few in there that was fairly neutral, actually. Translation more accurately would be "for whatever reason.......noisy".

[pelsar]

6. so accuracy is not relevant?

your right it was "neutral".....it ignores history......i guess all that violence in the americas south when the KKK was busy hanging "blacks' was just a bunch of noise....

[Alamuti Lotus]

8. mixing metaphors here

Is Israel supposed to be the KKK or the blacks being hanged? Need to know this before composing an actual response.

[pelsar]

9. i was just commenting on your definition of noise....

you can pick your "side".....but there is no such thing as "everyone is guilty".....

just try to keep historical events and their timeline in mind.....its amazing how people like to ignore those little facts....

[Alamuti Lotus]

10. actually

"everyone is guilty" is a pretty safe set of words to go by, whatever it is applied to. This keeps one from believing that History sleeps soley in their beds.. that just looks funny.

Throw in a few more reliable axioms like "everybody lies" and "don't eat yellow snow" and there's what could damn near pass for a good solid high school education in this spiralling backwater..

Redirect: How's it going in Akka? Haven't seen much in the last few hours -- are they all still in "Kill the Arabs!" mode or what?

[shira]

11. assassinating kuntar now is terror?

There's proof Kuntar is training for more terror attacks and you say taking unrepentant and still active terrorist out now is terror?