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2003-08-29 Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-08-29 00:03|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How long before the UN send Medicenes Sans Frontieres over to check them out for mental illness?

Posted by tu3031 2003-8-29 12:30:07 AM|| 2003-8-29 12:30:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Fred - The ax-grinding habit of some press agencies / outlets to fluff up their pieces with gratuitous almost completely unrelated BS is really starting to piss me off, too. I have decided than I will edit the shit out of any piece that can't confine itself to the topic defined by the title and pushes whatever editorial agenda is in vogue. Please say so if this isn't acceptable to you.

Additionally, I've started making sure that if a piece is marked with a copyright that I include it - or make certain not to post the entire article. I've based this approach on what I've read of the suit filed against Free Republic - which now asks people not to post entire articles. Sounds like a good policy as it employs the "fair use" principle for protection. Any guidelines you want to standardize upon here?

Thanx!

Posted by .com 2003-8-29 6:07:00 AM|| 2003-8-29 6:07:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I was wondering about the "fair use" myself. Although I assumed from the outset that only (relevant) portions of an article should be posted, especially those portions that you want to ~~make fun of~~ comment on ;-).

Posted by Raphael 2003-8-29 6:36:47 AM|| 2003-8-29 6:36:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Actually, I don't think the last phrase is fluff: the father mentioned that "the sons of Saddam would have ruled us for years.". It's a reminder that the US took care of Saddam's hellspawn, a fact that pisses off their comrades in the anti-war movement.

Posted by Ptah 2003-8-29 8:13:37 AM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-8-29 8:13:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Ms. Mohammed is way off message. Somebody needs to get her a subscription to the New York Times so that she can learn how resentful she is toward Dubya.

Posted by Matt 2003-8-29 8:21:30 AM|| 2003-8-29 8:21:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Hope nothing happens to this family,they are now a target.
Seems to me that as long as the copywrited materials are properly cited,and bookmarked(in the litirary sense,not computer)there should be no problem.It is common practice,when writing a research paper,to use source material.But these sources must be properly cited and noted to satisfy plagerisiam laws.

Posted by raptor 2003-8-29 8:53:48 AM|| 2003-8-29 8:53:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I think the "fair use" provision is covered by our habit of yellow journalism (aka fisking). I edit out some repetition of yesterday's stuff, irrelevant junk that creeps in, that sort of thing, with an eye toward keeping the articles short and punchy. A phrase like "an official who spoke on condition of anonymity" usually gets shortened to "an official." If we don't say who he is, he's anonymous.

Often, as with all my rules, I break them.

Posted by Fred 2003-8-29 9:21:20 AM|| 2003-8-29 9:21:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 I hear that the Cultural Integrity Institute, funded in part by the NEA, is planning to file a lawsuit. The basis, as I understand it, is that naming an Iraqi with a European name violates his/her cultural identity and implies that European names and values are preferable to indigenous ones. As soon as Iraq creates a Children's Protection Agency, the suit requests that an impartial international court remove the child from his parent's presence until they can receive training in their own culture. I believe the training is to be provided by the World Studies department of a prestigious United States university. It takes a village.

Posted by Highlander 2003-8-29 10:24:03 AM|| 2003-8-29 10:24:03 AM|| Front Page Top

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