Moral Equivalence

A Palestinian terrorist blew himself up in Dimona the other day, with the express motivation of killing civilians. He achieved his goal.

Hamas claimed responsibility.

Somehow video was preserved of the attack. The Guardian newspaper deemed the video to be newsworthy. It is certainly a document of an atrocious attack upon the Jewish people. Hamas Charter calls for death to the Jews in general (no mincing words about Zionists and invaders), so the attack was completely in line with their goal.

In that sense, the video was a document of Hamas achieveing their goal.

Now the video has been taken down. Here's what the Guardian has to say for itself:


Suicide attack hits Israeli town
The video that was previously on this page about the suicide bomb attack on the Israeli town of Dimona has been taken down following a series of complaints. The video should have included a more balanced selection of interviewees.

That's moral equivalence in action. The Guardian believes they can not merely show the video as a document of the event. Instead, the Guardian believes the video ought to have given equal time to the terrorists of Hamas, that they should have been given the opportunity to tell their side of the story.

Sympathy for the Devil.