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rshow55
- 02:00pm Jul 13, 2003 EST (#
12989 of 13003)
Can we do a better job of finding
truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have
done and worked for on this thread.
The same facts can be set out in different ways - and some
can be more amusing than others.
Sometimes you can joke about them - without distortion of
real facts.
The Tianamen square protests were a big story, and Wu Dunn
and Kristof got a Pulitzer covering that story in 1990.
Tiananmen was associated with an unforgettable photograph,
that was covered eight years later, with the image featured
again.
Tiananmen 'tank man' still at large
The lone Chinese protester who brought a
column of tanks to a standstill in Tiananmen Square during
the 1989 crackdown was never arrested and is still at large,
a Hong Kong-based dissident group has said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/75679.stm
( An enlargeable image, if you subtract "AY
EE and EE: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sdc/tank-1.jAYpEEgEE
)
the Onion's 15-24 January 2001 issue looked at the
situation with a different slant, with this story lead
featured above the fold:
. Chinese Guy Still Insisting It Was Him
In Front Of That Tank
That same issue led with this:
Bush: Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and
Prosperity is Finally Over
"Mere days from assuming the Presidency and
closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton,
president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a
televised address Tuesday that "our long national nightmare
of peace and prosperity is finally over."
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lchic
- 03:56pm Jul 13, 2003 EST (#
12990 of 13003)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed
~~~~
RS on CR the questions to ask are
'who' is she
what does 'she' stand for
followed by the where|when|why and |how| of
it
Is it significant that CR is female?
Where CR a male -- how would RS then frame comment!
:)
lchic
- 05:14pm Jul 13, 2003 EST (#
12991 of 13003)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed
~~~~
Were CR a male? Interesting - she isn't the first female to
fill this SS role ... perhaps communication skills are
important here.
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