Posted by Ken Waldron |
- Re: "For their sake, prosecute Blair"
Posted by walter
on October 30, 2009, 2:22 am, in reply to ""For their sake, prosecute Blair" "Typical BBC bias. Should say
"Poppy Appeal posters in Kent have been improved by protesters attacking former prime minister Tony Blair's war record."
Or, in the interests of absolute impartiality, posters have been "amended".
- "deface"
Posted by Tim Holmes
on November 2, 2009, 2:45 am, in reply to ""For their sake, prosecute Blair" "–verb (used with object), -faced, -fac⋅ing.
1. to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
2. to efface, obliterate, or injure the surface of, as to make illegible or invalid: to deface a bond.
1. To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of; disfigure.
2. To impair the usefulness, value, or influence of.
3. Obsolete To obliterate; destroy.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/deface
Saying the posters were "defaced" is about as neutral as saying they were "improved".
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