US confirms uranium seizure [Libya - German freighter...]

News.com.au ^

[Fledermaus]

That wasn't an "alteration"...it was a COMMENT ADDED by the poster and thus enclosed in [ ].

Now, if you had posted the article (instead of whining about it) and added [Misleading headline - story about uranium enrichment equipment], no one would have said a word to you and the Admin Mod.

[Fledermaus]

P.S. "You can append the original with (whatever you like within reason) in parenthesis."

Notice "in parenthesis" and "append". That's not ALTER. And if you don't like the way the original poster left the title, then that's your problem.

I'd say you were whining because you were drawn to read an article based on the title and was annoyed it wasn't about what was in the headline.

But after reading through the posts and watching you complain so much about others not "getting the concept" you don't get, I realized you just like to whine.

[Fledermaus]

Here, this should make your petty life happier now since you felt so harmed by a "misleading" title and want to blame the poster of the article for "confusing you".

FairOpinion did APPEND the same story (without AM help).

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1050019/posts

One good reason not to APPEND is that it can make it more difficult to find the article already posted to avoid duplicates (as is the case with this story) by another poster.

What you are practically DEMANDING is that every poster be REQUIRED to read the full article and make an editing decision for the headline. Too bad, most posters aren't editors, just posting what they think is interesting.

And to use one of your childish debate techniques...I'm through with this!

[Boot Hill]

"That wasn't an "alteration"...it was a COMMENT ADDED..."

LOL, adding a comment IS an alteration! (At least it is in the English language!)   ALTER - 1. To cause to be different; change; modify; transform. Since the FR title was clearly different from the original story title, it was, by definition, "altered".

You chose to jump into this discussion head first and attack without bothering to even enquire about the nature of the change being sought. You just jumped to an unwarranted conclusion. And your present confusion about the meaning of "altered" in no way mitigates either of those failures. Next time ask first and save us both the trouble.

--Boot Hill

[Fledermaus]

Again, it is you that is confused. The TITLE was NOT "altered"...comment was added.

Two different posters posted the same article and ADDED two different COMMENTS...neither altered the original title of the article. Thus the PARENTHESIS or BRACKETS.

They were APPENDED: v.t. to add as a supplement or appendix.

[Boot Hill]

"The TITLE was NOT "altered"...comment was added"

Before I respond to your post, please indicate which "TITLE" you are referring to. Would that be the FR Title, that appears at the top of the thread, or would that be the original story title, as it appears on the news website?

Please clarify.

--Boot Hill

[UCANSEE2]

Not a lot of press on this, but the PSI thing is recruiting loads of world support quietly and effectively

And for good reason too. In the past, the world's nations have gone 'nuke' in self-defense.

While the Superpowers had nukes and got the UN to pass a resolution that no one else could, the rest of the world saw the "DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO" efforts from the superpowers and ignored it.

Each country sought to protect itself, knowing that the UN and it's resolutions were being ignored.

Each country did not WANT to have NUKES, but did so out of self-protection. Were they to feel that all other countries were going to follow the NO NUKES POLICY, they would do the same.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME in current history that these other countries feel that it will be possible to DISARM.

WHY?

President Bush is why. We know it.

TAKE AWAY the NUKES from the terrorists, from Saddam, and guess what?

[mylife]

Glad too see Im not the only one reading 'tween the lines.

[mylife]

Not a lot of press on this, but the PSI thing is recruiting loads of world support quietly and effectively ....



They are rounding up lots of dope for guns too, it s not a high profile war.


I Just Pray we are watching for the doublecross in these quite matters

[cajungirl]

You are right,,this is important but it is not uranium so our dancing is premature. We could do a nice two step however but not a full out jitterbug.

[Boot Hill]

Quite correct, but the seizure of just the enrichment components gave us great leverage in negotiations with both Libya and Germany.

--Boot Hill