{"id":7039,"date":"2004-11-09T09:28:25","date_gmt":"2004-11-09T16:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/11\/09\/if-you-cant-say-something-nice-3.html"},"modified":"2004-11-09T09:28:25","modified_gmt":"2004-11-09T16:28:25","slug":"if_you_cant_say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/11\/09\/if_you_cant_say.html","title":{"rendered":"If you can&#8217;t say something nice &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; don&#8217;t say anything at all.<\/p>\n<p>So I shan&#8217;t say anything at all about <a href=\"http:\/\/story.news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&#038;cid=578&#038;u=\/nm\/20041109\/ts_nm\/mideast_arafat_dc_126\" target=\"_blank\">the death of Yassir Arafat<\/a>.  Nothing.  At.  All.<\/p>\n<p>Except, perhaps, to hope that his removal from the scene will allow some other voices &#8212; perhaps more moderate and less self-aggrandizing ones &#8212; to flourish amongst the Palestinians.  <\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamersnook.com\/blog\/archives\/002851.html\" target=\"_blank\">Scott<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>:  No, he&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/story.news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&#038;cid=578&#038;ncid=578&#038;e=1&#038;u=\/nm\/20041109\/ts_nm\/mideast_arafat_dc\">alive again<\/a>.  Perhaps a cricket bat &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; don&#8217;t say anything at all. So I shan&#8217;t say anything at all about the death of Yassir Arafat. Nothing. At. All. 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