CDR: Re: US report urges Arafat to use torture for peace

[David Honig]

At 11:59 PM 11/6/00 -0500, Harmon Seaver wrote:
>    What kind of bullshit is this? The term "stone throwers" make's it sound
>like it's a bunch of little kids thowing pebbles. These dudes are throwing
>fist sized rocks and many of them are using the old thong slings like David
>used to slay Goliath. And you get a whole gang of them -- it's deadly
barrage.
>That's how they used to execute people over there -- "let him who casts the
>first stone", eh?
>     What would you do if a mob came at you throwing stones the size of your
>fist? I'd open up on them myself without a qualm. And not with rubber bullets
>either. The Israeli soldiers are showing incredible restraint -- I'd just go
>rock and roll solid ball, with a ma deuce if I had it.
>

1. the soldiers have riot gear on, hand-thrown stones aren't too significant
2. its a judgement call about appropriate force and I was gisting an
Israeli general
in charge.  They use snipers' head shots on cocktailers.