Oh dear. Does anybody take Robert Fisk seriously? His name has given rise to a verb. To fisk: to refute an erroneous argument with a point-by-point refutation. It was coined when the bloggers noticed the nonsense he was posting from Afghanistan, and has now blossomed into a cottage inudstry. But veering back on-topic... Glenn Reynolds <http://www.instapundit.com/> has a post today, citing an item from the Strait Times: "The Marines found 123 prisoners, including five women, barely alive in an underground warren of cells and torture chambers. . . ." The description from there gets a little graphic. Reynolds concludes with: "Yeah, but why weren't these Marines doing something important, like looking for lost antiquities?" -- Eugene Dillenburg Exhibit Developer Science Museum of Minnesota [log in to unmask] (651) 221-4706 P.S.: Do not feed the trolls. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).