Comments on: Guantanamo, Newsweek and the Ghost of Daniel Pearl http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/ The blog of the mystery writer, screenwriter and CEO of Pajamas Media Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:51:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Annalucia http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85959 Annalucia Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:59:42 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85959 Never mind either the firing squad or the sutras. I suggest full-body electrolysis. Never mind either the firing squad or the sutras. I suggest full-body electrolysis.

]]> By: triticale http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85958 triticale Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:08:25 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85958 I'm not satisfied with the Buddhism 24/7. My first thought was snake-handling Pentecostal, but actually, the ultimate would be random cycling. Wiccan, Catholic, Sufi, Santaria, Bahai, and so on. I’m not satisfied with the Buddhism 24/7. My first thought was snake-handling Pentecostal, but actually, the ultimate would be random cycling. Wiccan, Catholic, Sufi, Santaria, Bahai, and so on.

]]> By: Anthony (Los Angeles) http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85957 Anthony (Los Angeles) Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:26:48 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85957 Punishment? I'd suggest dropping him off at a FDNY firehouse and telling the firemen "we'll be back in an hour for what's left." Punishment? I’d suggest dropping him off at a FDNY firehouse and telling the firemen “we’ll be back in an hour for what’s left.”

]]> By: akabaseball http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85956 akabaseball Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:46:13 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85956 Those that jumped from the twin towers were not given the option to be Water-Boarded (forgive spelling), it is more important for Media to remind us that Britney shaved her head, than to dwell on 7 Ohio St Baseball players lives that were lost the other day. Media influences a nation, and that is the problem. I say Drug Test them all before they are allowed to influence one weak mind. Kind-a like Baseball. Those that jumped from the twin towers were not given the option to be Water-Boarded (forgive spelling), it is more important for Media to remind us that Britney shaved her head, than to dwell on 7 Ohio St Baseball players lives that were lost the other day. Media influences a nation, and that is the problem. I say Drug Test them all before they are allowed to influence one weak mind. Kind-a like Baseball.

]]> By: dclydew http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85955 dclydew Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:48:43 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85955 I have to agree... KSM should be executed. I think its important for us to realize that killing him wouldn't be 'moral'... one death doesn't recompense many. However, on occasion some people need to die. We as individuals and as a society will bear responsibility for this death, but its a sad responsibility that we must occasionally shoulder. Even if he's only guilty of 2 or 4 or 8 of the crimes he admitted to... death seems sufficient. If we let him go, he'll kill more Americans, if we keep him alive, our tax dollars go to waste. Murder isn't pretty, but sometimes its justified. I have to agree… KSM should be executed. I think its important for us to realize that killing him wouldn’t be ‘moral’… one death doesn’t recompense many. However, on occasion some people need to die. We as individuals and as a society will bear responsibility for this death, but its a sad responsibility that we must occasionally shoulder. Even if he’s only guilty of 2 or 4 or 8 of the crimes he admitted to… death seems sufficient. If we let him go, he’ll kill more Americans, if we keep him alive, our tax dollars go to waste. Murder isn’t pretty, but sometimes its justified.

]]> By: Dick Stanley http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85954 Dick Stanley Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:37:52 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85954 What a cool idea for a punishment for a jihadi. Buddhist bells. Endlessly. What a cool idea for a punishment for a jihadi. Buddhist bells. Endlessly.

]]> By: Jim Rockford http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85953 Jim Rockford Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:19:43 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85953 Of course KSM is guilty of the crimes he committed. As he points out, there's video on the internet of him holding Pearl's severed head in his hand. No wonder Rosie O'Donnell loves this guy and said so on the view (concern for his "humanity" and professed her solidarity with KSM). KSM was known in 1996 after his laptop was seized in Manila to have been behind the 1993 WTC bombing carried out by his nephew Ramzi Yusef. Behind the Bojinka Plot. Behind the Pearl Murder. KSM before Al Qaeda was the nexus of an influential and extended Pakistani clan with extensive ties to Pakistan's ISI, Saddam's intelligence network, and various jihadi groups around the world. What KSM brought was organizational flair, a disposition for high-profile terrorist acts designed to get massive media attention and project an "unstoppable" image of terror, and his vast array of family and friends network. KSM was a horrible menace before he joined forces with Al Qaeda and is a horrible menace now. I have no doubt that he is not only responsible for the thirty named plots or attempted plots, but many more besides. As such he should be summarily executed in front of his peers and given a summary burial (with pigs or whatever) in front of his peers so they "know" he will end up in whatever unclean hell they believe in . Of course KSM is guilty of the crimes he committed.

As he points out, there’s video on the internet of him holding Pearl’s severed head in his hand. No wonder Rosie O’Donnell loves this guy and said so on the view (concern for his “humanity” and professed her solidarity with KSM).

KSM was known in 1996 after his laptop was seized in Manila to have been behind the 1993 WTC bombing carried out by his nephew Ramzi Yusef. Behind the Bojinka Plot. Behind the Pearl Murder.

KSM before Al Qaeda was the nexus of an influential and extended Pakistani clan with extensive ties to Pakistan’s ISI, Saddam’s intelligence network, and various jihadi groups around the world.

What KSM brought was organizational flair, a disposition for high-profile terrorist acts designed to get massive media attention and project an “unstoppable” image of terror, and his vast array of family and friends network.

KSM was a horrible menace before he joined forces with Al Qaeda and is a horrible menace now. I have no doubt that he is not only responsible for the thirty named plots or attempted plots, but many more besides.

As such he should be summarily executed in front of his peers and given a summary burial (with pigs or whatever) in front of his peers so they “know” he will end up in whatever unclean hell they believe in .

]]> By: Froggy http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85952 Froggy Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:39:48 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85952 There is no question in my mind that executing KSM is appropriate if he did what he claims to have done. Many people argue that you cannot bring someone back from the dead by killing the killer. I would agree with them. It is this fact that shows the price for murder as paid for with an execution is too low, not too high. But it is the most we can do. The point for executing a person humanely is not becasue they deserve it, but because we are not like them. If the ratio of people like KSM to civilized folks is lowered, the world becomes a better place. There is no question in my mind that executing KSM is appropriate if he did what he claims to have done.

Many people argue that you cannot bring someone back from the dead by killing the killer. I would agree with them. It is this fact that shows the price for murder as paid for with an execution is too low, not too high.

But it is the most we can do.

The point for executing a person humanely is not becasue they deserve it, but because we are not like them.

If the ratio of people like KSM to civilized folks is lowered, the world becomes a better place.

]]> By: Barrett http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85951 Barrett Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:13:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85951 I think KSM is likely a congential liar and like other Islamists is mentally-ill and self-delusional by our standards. Who else would find pride in a cult of death - one that would kill in the name of Allah 4 billion inncocent men, women and children if he could? Yes, I believe he was involved in planning the 9/11 attacks. But is he also trying to claim responsibility for atrocities committed by others who remain at large so that we stop seeking them. He is in captivity after all. What is fact versus fiction? I don't fully know. In addition, perhaps he looking for us to kill him so he can go claim his share of the virgins as martyr. (I don't know where this doctrine originates, but one could imagine that pedophile like Mohammed could create something like this to manipulate his followers - I mean subjects.) Having said that, we know enough. DPG and Mark are right. The Islamists are in part motivated by the "licentious exporters of godless hedonism", but also by the call to convert at the point of the sword (which is how they get power) and to realize an earthly Islamic kingdom (where liberals would be the first, but not the last, victims). A firing squad would be sufficient for KSM. We are fighting an enemy that sees endless negotiation and appeasement as weakness. Only toughness is respected. The liberals can't see that the embrace of negotiation and appeasement is only used to bring us close enough so that we are easier to kill. I think the Islamists learned that from the Mafia. How we should fight the Islamists is another topic. I think KSM is likely a congential liar and like other Islamists is mentally-ill and self-delusional by our standards. Who else would find pride in a cult of death – one that would kill in the name of Allah 4 billion inncocent men, women and children if he could? Yes, I believe he was involved in planning the 9/11 attacks.

But is he also trying to claim responsibility for atrocities committed by others who remain at large so that we stop seeking them. He is in captivity after all. What is fact versus fiction? I don’t fully know.

In addition, perhaps he looking for us to kill him so he can go claim his share of the virgins as martyr. (I don’t know where this doctrine originates, but one could imagine that pedophile like Mohammed could create something like this to manipulate his followers – I mean subjects.)

Having said that, we know enough. DPG and Mark are right. The Islamists are in part motivated by the “licentious exporters of godless hedonism”, but also by the call to convert at the point of the sword (which is how they get power) and to realize an earthly Islamic kingdom (where liberals would be the first, but not the last, victims).

A firing squad would be sufficient for KSM.

We are fighting an enemy that sees endless negotiation and appeasement as weakness. Only toughness is respected. The liberals can’t see that the embrace of negotiation and appeasement is only used to bring us close enough so that we are easier to kill. I think the Islamists learned that from the Mafia.

How we should fight the Islamists is another topic.

]]> By: Buddy Larsen http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85950 Buddy Larsen Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:20:39 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/03/14/guantanamo-newsweek-and-the-ghost-of-daniel-pearl/#comment-85950 Well, the assassination of a former president would be a monstrous act, and a disaster for everyone. Well, the assassination of a former president would be a monstrous act, and a disaster for everyone.

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