The Massacre of Meaning

Daniel Greenfield:

When terrorists planted bomb in a bag near a bus station killing a Scottish Bible translator studying ancient Hebrew, and wounding dozens more including six Americans—Reuters decided it was time to explain to its audience what that peculiar Hebraic term, “Terrorist Attack” meant.

Police described the explosion as a “terrorist attack” — Israel’s term for a Palestinian strike,” Reuters elucidated. Reuter’s term for a terrorist attack turns out to be “Palestinian strike”, which suggests a labor rally by terrorists demanding more virgins in paradise and more euphemistic media coverage. If such were their demands, then they got their wish.

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