Monday, February 12, 2007

Freedom of speech.

The grey car in front of me. Maryland plates.
They read "4SHAHID".
For the martyrs, the suicide bombers, the terrorists.
If only it could only be on a licence plate...

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don´t use the word "terrorist" : it usually means nothing.

11:17 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

After the September 11 attacks on America, Stephen Jukes, Reuters's head of global news, directed his staff to avoid the using word "terrorist" in their news reports to describe the perpetrators of those attacks:

Throughout this difficult time we have strictly adhered to our 150-year-old tradition of factual, unbiased reporting and upheld our long-standing policy against the use of emotive terms, including the words 'terrorist' or 'freedom fighter'. We do not characterise the subjects of news stories but instead report their actions, identity or background. As a global news organisation, the world relies on our journalists to provide accurate accounts of events as they occur, wherever they occur, so that individuals, organisations and governments can make their own decisions based on the facts .

1:55 PM  
Blogger Huan said...

you should post again

9:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Perhaps the driver of the Maryland vehicle is just incredibly in love with Bollywood actor, Shahid Kapur? I mean, he's got great hair.

12:05 PM  

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