Monday, June 12, 2006
Al-Zarqawi Dead
Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi, alleged leader of the Iraqi insurgency, was killed in a U.S. airstrike Wednesday. What do you think?
Ben Rzyczec,
Programmer
"Ha! I pity the thousands upon thousands of people who will readily take his place."
Heather Greene,
Dietician
"We created him—it's only fair we got rid of him."
Robert Holloway,
Systems Analyst
"This is a big fish. See, when you kill a big fish, you remove the most advantageous genetics, so the next generation is smaller and weaker. And fish are militant ideologues with a cache of weapons. So the metaphor is very apt."
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