Who Killed Danny Pearl? Or, on the Existence of Evil
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Note: The Following is a lightly edited version of an essay I first published in 2003 in the now-defunct journal Zeek. It was prompted by a reading of Bernard-Henry Lévy’s Qui a tué Daniel Pearl, and watching the video of Danny Pearl’s execution. All this came flooding back to me while watching videos from October 7. I believe the essay has regained its pertinence. I see no distinction between then men who beheaded Danny Pearl and captured it on film and the Hamas militants who on October 7 engaged in an orgy of hatred and captured it all on smart phone and GoPro video. At the bottom you will find an Epilogue addressing current events.
Who Killed Danny Pearl? Or, on the Existence of Evil
Who Killed Danny Pearl? Or, on the Existence…
Who Killed Danny Pearl? Or, on the Existence of Evil
Note: The Following is a lightly edited version of an essay I first published in 2003 in the now-defunct journal Zeek. It was prompted by a reading of Bernard-Henry Lévy’s Qui a tué Daniel Pearl, and watching the video of Danny Pearl’s execution. All this came flooding back to me while watching videos from October 7. I believe the essay has regained its pertinence. I see no distinction between then men who beheaded Danny Pearl and captured it on film and the Hamas militants who on October 7 engaged in an orgy of hatred and captured it all on smart phone and GoPro video. At the bottom you will find an Epilogue addressing current events.