After years of referring to Osama bin Laden with the less-than-cuddly term "militant," Agence France-Presse sees the error of its ways and downgrades him to "dissident"
So he's Noam Chomsky now? I reckon 'the responsibility of intellectuals' has changed some since 1966 ...
posted by Dennis on 03.01.05 at 11:05 PM
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I have plenty of names for terrorist murdering scum Osama bin Laden, but most of them would probably not be printable. I also have such names for his apologists such as the Agence France-Presse.
DISSIDENT? What a bloody joke! Many years ago, I heard the term "dissident" defined, at least in terms of Soviet dissidents, as someone who demanded, and exercised, his/her rights under his/her nation's laws (Soviet law granted far more political rights than their security forces respected). In contrast, a person who actually wanted to overthrow the Soviet system, peacefully or not, was called an "oppositionist."
So the cuddliest term I could use for Osama would be "oppositionist" - but that's too vague, so I'll just stick to "terrorist," "murderer," and "intolerant anti-democratic Muslim extremist."
The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
Don?t bang your head!
I have plenty of names for terrorist murdering scum Osama bin Laden, but most of them would probably not be printable. I also have such names for his apologists such as the Agence France-Presse.