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(Yahoo)   Reuters editor points out that "the means don't justify the ends" in the fight against terrorism   (news.yahoo.com) divider line
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SilentStrider
2006-09-10 11:34:39 AM  
dumbass? That, to me, is fairly img.fark.net
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2006-09-10 11:35:57 AM  
SilentStrider: dumbass?

Uh--yeah. Since the actual phrase is supposed to be "the ends don't justify the means," I'd say the Dumbass tag is perfectly appropriate.
 
Megain
2006-09-10 11:45:56 AM  
SilentStrider: dumbass?

The CraneMeister: Uh--yeah. Since the actual phrase is supposed to be "the ends don't justify the means," I'd say the Dumbass tag is perfectly appropriate.

did the tag change? i see the [stupid] tag

just curious
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2006-09-10 11:53:39 AM  
Megain: did the tag change? i see the [stupid] tag

I do too. I was just answering SilentStrider, and...

/hangs head in shame
 
BearToy
2006-09-10 11:55:36 AM  

Submitter ???

[image from home.comcast.net too old to be available]
 
kmmontandon
2006-09-10 11:56:19 AM  
No, in the War on Terror, the means are increasingly being sold as justifying themselves.
 
theeagle
2006-09-10 11:56:43 AM  
"the ends don't justify the means,"

And so go down to your local police sation and get strip searched(raped) and anal/vaginal probed and fingerprinted and pics(unless you have a digital drivers licence) and leave a dna sample as you go out the door. Do this daily to prove your innocence.

/Have a nice day.
 
Megain
2006-09-10 12:04:39 PM  
The CraneMeister: I do too. I was just answering SilentStrider, and...

/hangs head in shame

don't sweat it. i've seen tags change before, so i was just wondering if that was the case here. didn't seem likely though
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2006-09-10 12:19:45 PM  
theeagle: /Have a nice day.

You too. And remember: This headline is a joke about the editor screwing up the phrase "the ends justify the means," not an apologetic for the Bush administration.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2006-09-10 12:26:08 PM  
BearToy: Submitter ??? Reuters editor

[image from home.comcast.net too old to be available]

/fixed that for ya
 
RockIsDead
2006-09-10 12:30:19 PM  
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HumbleGod
2006-09-10 1:13:35 PM  
The CraneMeister: This headline is a joke about the editor screwing up the phrase "the ends justify the means,"

Or Merkel. Even this author concedes it's not clear. A German bungling of an American cliche seems just as likely to me as an editor's typo.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2006-09-10 1:17:21 PM  
HumbleGod:

A German bungling of an American cliche seems just as likely to me as an editor's typo.

Typo? The editor's supposed to CATCH typos and mangled cliches.

/journalist in real life
//whatever that is
 
RabbitHeadlights
2006-09-10 1:49:48 PM  
I didn't know Retuters used the word "terrorism" in their dispatches.

/everyone's a freedom fighter
 
nonsequitor
2006-09-10 10:06:22 PM  
Irony tag on vacation?? Terrorists obviously believe the ends justify the means.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2006-09-10 11:18:56 PM  
nonsequitor: Terrorists obviously believe the ends justify the means.

Do they believe the means justify the ends?
 
HumbleGod
2006-09-11 1:45:52 AM  
The CraneMeister: The editor's supposed to CATCH typos and mangled cliches.

Which is why it seems just as likely that he transcribed what Merkel actually said. The author of this piece is doing an awful lot of assuming and not a lot of fact-checking.
 
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