Friday, November 05, 2004
From ABC News:
Yasser Arafat, fighting for his life in a French hospital, has lost consciousness repeatedly in recent hours, Palestinian officials said Thursday. They described his condition as extremely serious.
The officials said they could not immediately confirm media reports that the 75-year-old Palestinian leader had lapsed into a coma. French hospital officials would not comment on the ailing leader's health.
Does it mean that when we grow old our crimes would be washed away like remnants of our youth?
We were told they were nasty men who manipulated politics, masterminded rampages of lootings/killings, committed heinous acts worthy of infinite repercussions.
Yet at the end of it all, they appear childlike, harmless old men as likeable as our grandfathers - completely different from the media who (seemingly) are still smearing their reputations. It started with Pol pot, and then Suharto. This time it is Arafat.
My heart goes out to him as he fights yet the biggest battle of his life. This time he seems to be losing, and while the adults cheer, I know I'm on his side. Gullible youth I might be for now, perhaps life's experiences in due course will teach me the lessons one day.
Yasser Arafat, fighting for his life in a French hospital, has lost consciousness repeatedly in recent hours, Palestinian officials said Thursday. They described his condition as extremely serious.
The officials said they could not immediately confirm media reports that the 75-year-old Palestinian leader had lapsed into a coma. French hospital officials would not comment on the ailing leader's health.
Does it mean that when we grow old our crimes would be washed away like remnants of our youth?
We were told they were nasty men who manipulated politics, masterminded rampages of lootings/killings, committed heinous acts worthy of infinite repercussions.
Yet at the end of it all, they appear childlike, harmless old men as likeable as our grandfathers - completely different from the media who (seemingly) are still smearing their reputations. It started with Pol pot, and then Suharto. This time it is Arafat.
My heart goes out to him as he fights yet the biggest battle of his life. This time he seems to be losing, and while the adults cheer, I know I'm on his side. Gullible youth I might be for now, perhaps life's experiences in due course will teach me the lessons one day.
