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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
It is odd indeed to have the logic of my post questioned, when only moments before, Ty actually said the fact that the lunatic Bush- hater, who fed Rather's bloodlust, had spoken with high ranking Kerry officials was a non-story.
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Easy, tiger. No one's questioning your logic. I was asking you how you use the term. And if you think Joe Lockhart is high up, you must think Scott McClellan is next in line to replace Rumsfeld at DoD.
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Anyway, homicide bomber was a coined phrase. It was developed to replace suicide bomber. Larry its not enough to argue "homicide bomber" is inaccurate. You have to show homicide bomber is worse than suicide bomber. I explained why I think it solid.
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I think it's worse simply because it's redundant. Out of "suicide bomber" I intuitively get that the guy killed himself, based on the meanings of the two words separately. If you think it makes the dead guy look worse if you change "sui-" to "homi-", then go knock yourself out.
