An open letter to FoxNews
Posted By Russ Emerson on August 12, 2003 at 7:32 pm
Something was bothering me about FoxNews – and James Taranto pointed it out, prompting me to say:
Jeez, will you people please stop calling them “homicide bombings”?
Of course they involve homicide – that’s the damnable idea. What distinguishes them from a pipe-bomb in a mailbox or a car bomb in front of an embassy is the suicide of the splodeydope. Calling it a homicide bombing sounds just plain dopey, and it really grates on the nerves – I cringe when I hear it.
If you feel compelled to use a unique term for what is correctly referred to as a “suicide bombing,” then by all means, use “genocide bombing.” That, at least, would describe the real purpose of the attacks against Israeli schoolchildren, bus passengers, and market-goers.
A P.O.ed viewer
Glad I got that off my chest. Go ahead, call me pedantic.
UPDATE: Oops… neglected to link to the source for the term “genocide bombing” – fixed it above.