For all of you who would like to analyze the Ratto v. Vakil appeal in depth and have too much time on your hands, here is the documentation for the hearing.
Appeal Charge Sheet
Appellants’ Brief
The hearing is Saturday the 15th, 645 PM, in Eshleman Hall, and is open to the public.
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That’s like the story of my life… [except for the present time when I was actually acting in good faith…]
Anywho, I don’t have anything of interest to say about the briefs, as I haven’t read them in full yet, but I just wanted to say hello and mention that I spent a couple of hours in a bomb shelter today while the town I was in (Tiberias) got shot up with Hezbollah missiles. Israel is awesome. You all should come visit when you get the chance.
Comment by Andy R. in Israel — July 15, 2006 @ 2:54 pm
Wow I forgot you were in Israel right now. Taking up arms against Lebannon yet? Or maybe you could file a lawsuit against them.
Comment by jlmay — July 15, 2006 @ 3:54 pm
andy: was that before or after israels precision bombing took out like 20 lebanese children who were following their evacuation instructions?
Comment by mano — July 16, 2006 @ 12:35 am
This hearing took forever, oh well at least I got that wonderful beer out of it. And the commando sperm.
Comment by jlmay — July 16, 2006 @ 2:45 am
Hi Andy,
I heard those rockets! I was in the southern Galilee when they hit, near the mouth of the Jordan.
Hanging out now in Caesaria, will head back to America on Tuesday morning.
Dear Mano,
Something I have fundamentally realized here is that I am on Israel’s side. Not on the side of some abstract notion of rightness or fairness, or on the side of the world community in some way. I’m on Israel’s side.
Comment by Kevin! — July 16, 2006 @ 3:06 am
Politics aside, best wishes to Andy, Kevin, and anybody else that is suffering the wrath of indiscriminate violence in Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine.
Comment by Yaman — July 16, 2006 @ 9:30 am
this thing could be over in five minutes if hizb’allah would hand over the two soldiers and halt the rocket attacks. but of course they would prefer that their own people suffer and die, since that might win them sympathy points from the euro trash.
Comment by commodore anonymous — July 16, 2006 @ 9:42 am
I would really prefer that this not devolve into an Israel-Palestine argument. Please.
I know we have the precedent of having these comment strings discuss anything even remotely interested to the post, but frankly, I don’t want to have to deal with the inevitable racial slurs and belligerent trolling.
Comment by Ben N. — July 16, 2006 @ 11:39 am