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To: governsleastgovernsbest
You know.... I seriously couldn't figure out the word, because there were 3 possibilities:

muslim

islam

terror/terrorist

What a pathetic "profession" that modern American journalism has become.

Is there an actual rule in the NY TIMES RULE BOOK that rules out using these terms in regards to manmade human caused disaster events?

Is anyone going to make political campaign advertisements about this?? Man caused disaster?????

What perfect idiots....

22 posted on 12/26/2009 5:45:31 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: hennie pennie

This whole concept of “man-caused disaster” deserves a little more analysis than it’s gotten: it sounds exactly like an insurance term, ironically, joined to and NOT directly opposed to “Act of God”. YET, a terrorist act IS in a sense an Act of God, in that it’s being perpetrated ON BEHALF OF Allula Akbar, or Mohammed, and as such, your “insurance” probably won’t pay for the damages.
Of course, the way they want us to take it is that “man-caused disaster” is merely, and once again, a Law Enforcement issue, and not to be considered on any level an “Act of War”(or its other corollary, an “Act of God”) Even Orwell would be stupified at how far adrift we’ve allowed ourselves to get with our language.
We’re asked to accept conceptualizations that even the feebleminded could see through.


49 posted on 12/26/2009 10:05:59 AM PST by supremedoctrine
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To: hennie pennie

This whole concept of “man-caused disaster” deserves a little more analysis than it’s gotten: it sounds exactly like an insurance term, ironically, joined to and NOT directly opposed to “Act of God”. YET, a terrorist act IS in a sense an Act of God, in that it’s being perpetrated ON BEHALF OF Allula Akbar, or Mohammed, and as such, your “insurance” probably won’t pay for the damages.
Of course, the way they want us to take it is that “man-caused disaster” is merely, and once again, a Law Enforcement issue, and not to be considered on any level an “Act of War”(or its other corollary, an “Act of God”) Even Orwell would be stupified at how far adrift we’ve allowed ourselves to get with our language.
We’re asked to accept conceptualizations that even the feebleminded could see through.


50 posted on 12/26/2009 10:08:53 AM PST by supremedoctrine
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