{"id":13964,"date":"2012-05-17T19:20:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T23:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=13964"},"modified":"2012-05-17T19:20:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T23:20:57","slug":"well-remember-you-we-just-wont-do-anything-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=13964","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ll Remember You&#8211;We Just Won&#8217;t Do Anything About It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Paul Mirengoff\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Mirengoff\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Mirengoff<\/a> posted an article at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2012\/05\/international-olympic-committee-declines-to-have-moment-of-silence-to-honor-victims-of-munich-olympics-massacre.php\">PowerLIne<\/a>\u00a0about the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"International Olympic Committee\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=46.5180555556,6.59694444444&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=46.5180555556,6.59694444444 (International%20Olympic%20Committee)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">International Olympic Committee<\/a>&#8216;s (IOC) decision not to allow a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Moment of silence\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moment_of_silence\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">moment of silence<\/a> to honor the victims on the 40th\u00a0anniversary of the\u00a01972 slaughter of 11 <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Israel\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=31.7833333333,35.2166666667&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=31.7833333333,35.2166666667 (Israel)&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\">Israel<\/a> athletes and coaches by <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Palestinian political violence\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_political_violence\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Palestinian terrorists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>In any event, a moment of silence does not seem like too much to ask. As Deputy Foreign Minister <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Danny Ayalon\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Danny_Ayalon\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Ayalon<\/a> said: \u201cThis rejection told us as <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Israelis\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israelis\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Israelis<\/a> that this tragedy is yours alone and not a tragedy within the family of nations.\u201d Just so.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>One wonders, though, the extent to which the moment of silence would have been observed by those in attendance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry that the IOC has chosen not to honor the victims with a moment of silence. The events of 1972 totally broke with the spirit of the Olympics. The IOC&#8217;s decision not to observe a moment of silence also breaks with the spirit of the Olympics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right; border-style: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=a2136106-fc01-4c13-a9f1-ab0b07d336fb\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Mirengoff posted an article at PowerLIne\u00a0about the International Olympic Committee&#8216;s (IOC) decision not to allow a moment of silence to honor the victims on the 40th\u00a0anniversary of the\u00a01972 slaughter of 11 Israel athletes and coaches by Palestinian terrorists. 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