August 05, 2002
Tidbits August 5

This item gives a whole new meaning to the slogan"I'd Walk a Mile for a Camel"

Stacy Tabb of Sekimori design wins a contest and perhaps also solves the "Arafat baby wipes" mystery.

Moral Equivalence Watch Today's San Jose Mercury News headline: Violent clashes kill 18 in Mideast . clashes?: 9 people were killed in a bus bombing courtesy of the Hamas. 2 people were shot dead in an attack by a Palestinian gunman in Jerusalem. 2 people were shot dead by a different Palestinian gunman. In addition, the bus bomber blew himself up, another potential car bomber blew himself up, the Jerusalem gunman was shot dead by police before he could kill anybody else, and an armed gunman emerging from the Mediterranean Sea wearing a wetsuit was shot dead by the IDF. (Presumably the grenades he was carrying weren't intended for killing fish). Why couldn't the Merc simply tell it like it was: "Palestinian terrorists kill 13, wound 100"? Unless they also consider the victims of, say, Jeffrey Dahmer or the Oklahoma City bombing to have been parties to a "clash".
UPDATE: The New York Times used this more informative headline in today's print edition: "Burst of Attacks from Palestinians causes 14 Deaths"

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at August 05, 2002 12:56 PM
Comments

The NYT said THAT?!?
This is surely a sign of the End Times.

Posted by: Toren on August 5, 2002 07:01 PM

YETO Dermo (rus)

Posted by: shish on June 4, 2004 04:20 PM
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