http://hashmonean.com/2006/06/02/bbc-habitually-downplays-iran/ In Zion We Trust Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://hashmonean.com/2006/06/02/bbc-habitually-downplays-iran/#comment-656 saus Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:37:54 +0000 http://hashmonean.com/2006/06/02/bbc-habitually-downplays-iran/#comment-656 <p>haha... You are unbelievably correct Gavriel, I didn't look at it in that way. May as well indeed, those bbc brit bastards - imho out of control.</p> haha… You are unbelievably correct Gavriel, I didn’t look at it in that way. May as well indeed, those bbc brit bastards – imho out of control.

]]> http://hashmonean.com/2006/06/02/bbc-habitually-downplays-iran/#comment-646 AbbaGav Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:01:11 +0000 http://hashmonean.com/2006/06/02/bbc-habitually-downplays-iran/#comment-646 Since "4-9 years is less than 10 years" is sufficient justification, why don't they just say "within 50 to 100 years?"  They seem to be carefully calibrating what they can get away with.   Reminds me of the stores that offer discounts of "up to 50%," which to me makes only one verifiable assertion -- that you will not find a discount of more than 50% in the store; it promises nothing. Since "4-9 years is less than 10 years" is sufficient justification, why don’t they just say "within 50 to 100 years?"  They seem to be carefully calibrating what they can get away with.   Reminds me of the stores that offer discounts of "up to 50%," which to me makes only one verifiable assertion – that you will not find a discount of more than 50% in the store; it promises nothing.

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