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Nap Time!!!

Wednesday, March 16, 2005


Durrrrr

Again!

In some op-ed about something in The Chron we see this line again:

Two years ago, police opened fire with so-called "less-than-lethal" weapons on peaceful anti-war demonstrators and longshore workers near the Port of Oakland. Scores were injured, some seriously.

Okay, I'll go over this again. "Less-than-lethal" means that it doesn't kill, not that it doesn't hurt. They're "less-than-lethal," not "dramatically-opposite-of-lethal." I heard "so-called" in front of the term when this happened, and I'm still hearing it. Unless someone died, then yes, these weapons are "less-than-lethal."

posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 3/16/2005 07:22:00 AM #
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