User talk:Jalapenos do exist/sandbox/organ

I'll check it out. By the way, great idea to do this in userspace first! Pichpich (talk) 23:47, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

One quick comment. The sentence "West repeated the false claims that the IDF stole organs in the past from Palestinians and others" is problematic and is somewhat POV. The story is more complicated than this and the fact is Yehuda Hiss did harvest organs from Palestinians. That doesn't make West's accusations credible but it goes a long way in explaining its origins. My feeling is that West is not entirely sure what he's referring to and it's probably a combination of what he heard and read about the Aftonbladet affair, Hiss' admissions and Operation Bid Rig. All of that is rolled up in a convenient "IDF has done this in the past" because, as is apparent from subsequent interviews, he's a little confused about the distinction between Jews, Zionists, Israelis, etc. I also think it's important to note how the implicit accusations in T. West's amateurish video were later reported as documented evidence of organ theft. It's an interesting example of how rumours and innuendo slowly morph into established facts. Pichpich (talk) 00:13, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Overall, I think the summary in this version of the quake conspiracy theories is more solid and less eager to drive home the point that T. West is a nut. He is of course but his words show it. Pichpich (talk) 00:22, 16 February 2010 (UTC)