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This is a terrible tragedy...
Sorry, I was taking a leaf out of so many other's books, pretty sure yourself included, in not typeing something along the lines of "this is a terrible tragedy" at the start of every post.
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I'm not getting into the semantics of "sympathy point" scoring - nor am I in the habit of restating the obvious.
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I notice your first post made no mention of this terrible tragedy either, and instead took a dig at my post through misunderstanding.
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See above - If it was a misunderstanding I note that thus far you've made no attempt to explain that.
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Actually, your second post doesn't mention it either, instead you chose to suggest that Israel may have been behind the kidnapping.
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Again, I'm not playing sympathy point scoring and again I'd say it is a fact that it is not beyond Israel to kidnap individuals (journalists or otherwise).
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It took you 3 posts to mention the tragedy, so I find it rather suprising that rather than reflect on the circumstances or fate of Mr Johnston, you chose rather to take the oppertunity to make minor digs at Israel.
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There you go again with this persecution complex. I wasn't having a go at Israel (since when did the kidnap / murder of journalists become "minor") and I haven't stated anything that isn't fact. According to you I was having a "misunderstanding" of your post and its intent.
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As for lack of capitalization, thanks for pointing that out, it of course should have been Mossad.
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Not quite what I was referring to - but at least you got the spelling right second time around.
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Lets just hope that he's still alive and will be released soon.
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Yes, irrespective of who kidnapped him or what effect, if any, it has on future reporting.
I am, of course, assuming that you don't support the kidnapping of journalists.