Comments on: Alive In Baghdad Correspondent Killed http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2007/12/18/alive-in-baghdad-correspondent-killed/ Podcasts & Videocasts from an American salaryman. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:45:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Zobe http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2007/12/18/alive-in-baghdad-correspondent-killed/comment-page-1/#comment-17880 Zobe Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:37:58 +0000 http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2007/12/18/alive-in-baghdad-correspondent-killed/#comment-17880 totally agree with you guys. a short prayer for his family... PS. Rich, you called football "football" and not "soccer"! nice work. totally agree with you guys. a short prayer for his family…

PS. Rich, you called football "football" and not "soccer"! nice work.

]]> By: Rich Pav http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2007/12/18/alive-in-baghdad-correspondent-killed/comment-page-1/#comment-17843 Rich Pav Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:23:04 +0000 http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2007/12/18/alive-in-baghdad-correspondent-killed/#comment-17843 Darren: I wouldn't expect news like this to show up in the mainstream media. If he were a journalist for a major news network, he'd be canonized of course, but the death of an amateur videographer in Iraq who some of us feel a connection with is the kind of news you'll only find on blogs. I started paying more attention to the backlog of unwatched Alive in Baghdad episodes on my iPod and man, they are really good. There's something about knowing they're put out by just normal people--without professional voiceovers or flashy graphics--that makes me feel like I'm listening to real people, not just watching some news event happening far away. And I feel guilty for not donating sooner. I'll have to fix that. People should realize how lucky they are that something as trivial as the Spice Girls, Amy Winehouse's train wreck of a life or football can take up so much of their attention. Darren: I wouldn't expect news like this to show up in the mainstream media. If he were a journalist for a major news network, he'd be canonized of course, but the death of an amateur videographer in Iraq who some of us feel a connection with is the kind of news you'll only find on blogs.

I started paying more attention to the backlog of unwatched Alive in Baghdad episodes on my iPod and man, they are really good. There's something about knowing they're put out by just normal people–without professional voiceovers or flashy graphics–that makes me feel like I'm listening to real people, not just watching some news event happening far away. And I feel guilty for not donating sooner. I'll have to fix that.

People should realize how lucky they are that something as trivial as the Spice Girls, Amy Winehouse's train wreck of a life or football can take up so much of their attention.

]]> By: Darren http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2007/12/18/alive-in-baghdad-correspondent-killed/comment-page-1/#comment-17835 Darren Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:21:07 +0000 http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2007/12/18/alive-in-baghdad-correspondent-killed/#comment-17835 This makes me so sad, war what is it good for......... Man has a lot to answer for. shame the media is fixated on the spice girls or who is gonna be the next england football manager. RIP Ali Shafeya Al-Moussawi This makes me so sad, war what is it good for………
Man has a lot to answer for.
shame the media is fixated on the spice girls or who is gonna be the next england football manager.

RIP Ali Shafeya Al-Moussawi

]]> By: Garrett http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2007/12/18/alive-in-baghdad-correspondent-killed/comment-page-1/#comment-17834 Garrett Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:41:17 +0000 http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2007/12/18/alive-in-baghdad-correspondent-killed/#comment-17834 Damn. This is a lesson in heroism. Happening to be in the World Trade Center when it was hit is unfortunate, but it does not make one a hero. Being drafted into the Army in WWII does not make one a hero. Knowingly putting your life on the line in an attempt to let the world know the truth about what's going on in your country when you could keep your head down or you could try to get the hell out of there or you could join a militia or a gang. Risking your neck for what's right. That's heroism. As far as I'm concerned, any Iraqi journalist working in Iraq today is a hero by default, whether he wants to be or not. <em>Garrett's last blog post..<a href='http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/' rel="nofollow">Japan Blogs of the Year 2007 - Voting Open!</a></em> Damn.

This is a lesson in heroism. Happening to be in the World Trade Center when it was hit is unfortunate, but it does not make one a hero. Being drafted into the Army in WWII does not make one a hero.
Knowingly putting your life on the line in an attempt to let the world know the truth about what's going on in your country when you could keep your head down or you could try to get the hell out of there or you could join a militia or a gang. Risking your neck for what's right. That's heroism.

As far as I'm concerned, any Iraqi journalist working in Iraq today is a hero by default, whether he wants to be or not.

Garrett's last blog post..Japan Blogs of the Year 2007 – Voting Open!

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