When I was a child, I used to read a series of books, "Encyclopedia Brown", about an intrepid group of youths, led by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, who go around solving mysteries. The plot usually would hinge on Encyclopedia Brown finding an inconsistency in someone's story, and then forcing them to reveal that they were, in fact, the culprit (sort of like an adolescent Columbo).
(For example, someone would say that he was abducted and locked in a room, and tried to get out by removing the hinges. But the hinges were on the other side of the door, so it was no use. Later, the same person says that the alleged criminals pushed the door open, and he got hit by the swinging door. Encyclopedia Brown picks up on the inconsistency by noting that a door can only swing towards the direction of the hinges. Thus, the person had to admit that he was in fact the culprit.)
The dog rape story is not just an exaggeration or an embellishment (like the charge of the "40 beheaded babies" that the anti-Israel crowd loves to point out). Since dog rape in the way the Palestinian prisoner described is an anatomical and zoological impossibility, it should call all of the Palestinian's claim into doubt. It should no longer be an indictment of the treatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, but about the veracity of any of their claims at all.
The fact that any one believes this nonsense is disturbing enough. This is right up there with the Medieval blood libel of Jews killing children to use their blood in the making of matzah. That is being discussed is insane. It is biologically impossible for dogs to rape people! Ask any dog behaviorist or vet. How stupid are people to query it. In fact animal abusers rape dogs, it is well documented. As a dog parent it beggars belief that some of you are querying if there is ‘grain of truth’ in something so insane and psychotic. Seek mental help😼
I'm less concerned with Kristof's veracity than with whether is allegations could have at least a grain of truth to them. Which begs the question: does the Israeli prison service have enough oversight? If it did, then verifying Kristof's allegations would be easy enough. There needs to be more oversight, and I'm not sure the Netanyahu government can provide that. By oversight, I mean impartial observers that monitor conditions within the prisons and report on what they see. The Ministry of Justice must stand ready to prosecute any violations of the prison code., including violations by prison guards. Surveillance cameras are essential to enforcement.
When I was a child, I used to read a series of books, "Encyclopedia Brown", about an intrepid group of youths, led by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, who go around solving mysteries. The plot usually would hinge on Encyclopedia Brown finding an inconsistency in someone's story, and then forcing them to reveal that they were, in fact, the culprit (sort of like an adolescent Columbo).
(For example, someone would say that he was abducted and locked in a room, and tried to get out by removing the hinges. But the hinges were on the other side of the door, so it was no use. Later, the same person says that the alleged criminals pushed the door open, and he got hit by the swinging door. Encyclopedia Brown picks up on the inconsistency by noting that a door can only swing towards the direction of the hinges. Thus, the person had to admit that he was in fact the culprit.)
The dog rape story is not just an exaggeration or an embellishment (like the charge of the "40 beheaded babies" that the anti-Israel crowd loves to point out). Since dog rape in the way the Palestinian prisoner described is an anatomical and zoological impossibility, it should call all of the Palestinian's claim into doubt. It should no longer be an indictment of the treatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, but about the veracity of any of their claims at all.
The fact that any one believes this nonsense is disturbing enough. This is right up there with the Medieval blood libel of Jews killing children to use their blood in the making of matzah. That is being discussed is insane. It is biologically impossible for dogs to rape people! Ask any dog behaviorist or vet. How stupid are people to query it. In fact animal abusers rape dogs, it is well documented. As a dog parent it beggars belief that some of you are querying if there is ‘grain of truth’ in something so insane and psychotic. Seek mental help😼
Vasily Grossman, a Soviet novelist and journalist—when those professions actually meant something—wrote in his masterpiece Life and Fate:
“Tell me what you accuse the Jews of and I’ll tell you what you’re guilty of.”
Nicholas Kristof—time to come clean…
I'm less concerned with Kristof's veracity than with whether is allegations could have at least a grain of truth to them. Which begs the question: does the Israeli prison service have enough oversight? If it did, then verifying Kristof's allegations would be easy enough. There needs to be more oversight, and I'm not sure the Netanyahu government can provide that. By oversight, I mean impartial observers that monitor conditions within the prisons and report on what they see. The Ministry of Justice must stand ready to prosecute any violations of the prison code., including violations by prison guards. Surveillance cameras are essential to enforcement.