the etiquette-o-fascists have gone too far:
I hold no more brief against civil discourse than I do archaic double negatives, but sometimes generous language and amiable unagreement can push the capacity of the language to conform to fact past the breaking point:
Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign on Saturday repudiated a liberal talk show host's description of Sen. John McCain as a warmonger
The defenders of honest mockery and verbatim quotes must unite against the common threat of unfairly polite discourse.
your turing test:
Oil for Nothing:US Holds On Humanitarian SuppliesIraq: 1997-2001
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