Comments on: New York Times Confused about Who Elected Hamas

by: organelle

Sat, 04 Mar 2006 14:23:27 +0000

Coming from the central command post of mainstream corporate thought — namely, the New York Times — “radical” is an insult. I’d say that generally, “radical” isn’t a good or bad word, but just depends on the context.

In the context of Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles, “radical” is high praise.

As for the Israeli gov’t, there’s a chance it doesn’t have nuclear weapons. And there’s also a chance that the TMNT don’t really like pizza. Both odds are infinitesimally small.

by: Craig

Sat, 04 Mar 2006 11:37:27 +0000

Well if you think about it, radical is quite the compliment. Just ask my friend Leonardo . He'd think you were totally cool if you called him radical. Also, I think you have a misquote in this: "“the Jewish nuclear-armed group elected to govern the Israelis.”" According to this , I think your quote should be "“the Jewish suspected nuclear-armed group elected to govern the Israelis.”"

by: organelle

Sat, 04 Mar 2006 11:27:36 +0000

I’ll add that since I wrote this post, the Times quietly changed the word “militant” to the word “radical.” I guess they can’t make up their mind in how to best insult Hamas.