> I think this may not be just the media's fault. > Iraqi hostage rescued: Doesn't take people's focus off of > the Gulf Coast > Dutch killer let go: Doesn't take people's focus off of > the Gulf Coast > American hostage rescued: There was a hostage? I don't > remember him. > Oh, a year ago. Did he do something stupid to get > captured? No. And he > seems like an OK guy. Good work. And they also rescued an > Iraqi. Yeah, > the terrorists hate the Iraqis as much as they hate us. > Dicks. I'm > glad they both got out. Are there any other hostages?
> I thought it was good writing. Well it's written in such a way that, when read aloud to Tiff, she didn't even notice that they rescued 2 hostages... Which is _very_ easy to not do when you're writing an article like that... It takes all of a couple words change (and is generally better writing, news or otherwise)... "Coalition forces rescued two hostages, an American and an Iraqi from"... Ding! How many hostages were rescued? Two. Where were they from? One American and one Iraqui, right? As opposed to "Coalition forces rescued American hostage Roy Hallums... An Iraqi was also rescued." ... How many hostages were rescued? Uhhh... Is that a trick question? ... Just Roy, right? s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173257 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
