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Saturday, January 7, 2006 12:00 AM

The end of the Sharon era

Once despised by a generation of Israelis, Ariel Sharon became a venerated father figure. His passing from the political scene leaves the future of the Middle East in even greater doubt.

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  • Saturday, January 7, 2006 08:25 AM

    He's not dead yet.

    Nothing original here, necessarily; I just want to reiterate that Ariel Sharon is still alive, and to speak of him in the past tense (his "passing"..?) is, in my humble estimation, kind of a sin. To the author: Your apparent left wing bias, which for the record I more or less share, is quite blatant. It's cruel to speak of someone who is dying as having already died, regardless of whether you share his/her political leanings or not.

    If the idea was to speak of Sharon's "passing" simply in the sense of a passing of his political and public career, in plain English: You blew it.

    "His past sins were all but forgiven". Obviously, not by you. Your article reads more and more like an obituary, and you've simply no right.

    Shalom Aleichem, and G-d bless Sharon, his family, Olmert (probably the next in line, as it were), and while He's at it, all the inhabitants of Israel and Palestine.

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