@anthonyjeselnik
There are some lines that just shouldn't be crossed today. Especially the finish line.

i guess it's funny but i didn't even break a smile

I'm ok with inappropriate jokes if they're actually funny.

ari fleischer, he of the mission accomplished administration, urging Obama not to rush into suggesting it's terrorism

thanks ari

drsmooth wrote:cnn's erin burnett, interviewing an on-scene eyewitness: "so it's changed your life, right?"

and yet I would guess her annual pay amounts to more than several of us earn put together

Most recent estimate, from 2010, has her making $2mil a year. Also she's married to a citi exec.

that joke is ok, but jeselnik is such a fucking tard that it sucks

drsmooth wrote:ari fleischer, he of the mission accomplished administration, urging Obama not to rush into suggesting it's terrorism

thanks ari

I mean, I don't know what explanation could possibly come out that wouldn't make this an act of terrorism.

not very useful to throw that term around; open to too many interpretations, given how little anyone actually knows

I don't like to lump too many things under the "terrorism" umbrella, but I'm pretty sure "bombing the Boston Marathon" falls squarely under the definition of terrorism.

Gimpy wrote:I don't like to lump too many things under the "terrorism" umbrella, but I'm pretty sure "bombing the Boston Marathon" falls squarely under the definition of terrorism.

that's not the issue.

if, say, Obama uses it, but doesn't modify it - like, say, with "domestic" terrorism, vs "foreign" - what do you have? A word attached to a bombing. what's it do for anyone, except be all scary?

If you can start to clarify the situation through its use, fine. Otherwise, ixnay on the errorism-tay

Bill McNeal wrote:

drsmooth wrote:cnn's erin burnett, interviewing an on-scene eyewitness: "so it's changed your life, right?"

and yet I would guess her annual pay amounts to more than several of us earn put together

Most recent estimate, from 2010, has her making $2mil a year. Also she's married to a citi exec.

The problem is clowns like her are used to making non-dramatic things dramatic so when something ACTUALLY dramatic happens, they still think they need to spice it up

Terrorism is politically motivated violence. Until we know more on the who and the why, nothing to be gained by labeling it terrorism.

jh and docsmooth together on an issue

truly, we are one nation in times of crisis

jerseyhoya wrote:Terrorism is politically motivated violence. Until we know more on the who and the why, nothing to be gained by labeling it terrorism.

Is that what terrorism is? For the four years I was in Model UN (nerd alert), we could never agree on a definition.

drsmooth wrote:

Gimpy wrote:I don't like to lump too many things under the "terrorism" umbrella, but I'm pretty sure "bombing the Boston Marathon" falls squarely under the definition of terrorism.

that's not the issue.

if, say, Obama uses it, but doesn't modify it - like, say, with "domestic" terrorism, vs "foreign" - what do you have? A word attached to a bombing. what's it do for anyone, except be all scary?

If you can start to clarify the situation through its use, fine. Otherwise, ixnay on the errorism-tay

you dont need a word like terrorism to get anyone scared about what happened today, it was scary enough. everyone knew after the 2nd bomb went off just what this was

yo doc

@TeresaKopec 32m
CNN's Erin Burnett to Fran Townsend: "What is your gut? Foriegn or domestic?" #Reporting

@PLFino 17m
Erin Burnett just asked if domestic terrorism counts as terrorism.

i'd rather just argue semantics

i'd rather continue talking about how terrible erin burnett is without there being a horrible cause of our discussion

jerseyhoya wrote:Terrorism is politically motivated violence. Until we know more on the who and the why, nothing to be gained by labeling it terrorism.

kumbaya, my lord, kumbaya

PrattRules wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:Terrorism is politically motivated violence. Until we know more on the who and the why, nothing to be gained by labeling it terrorism.

Is that what terrorism is? For the four years I was in Model UN (nerd alert), we could never agree on a definition.

buncha wishy washy proto-globalists

CNN is fucking garbage. 6ABC is where it's at.