[thechat] Robert Fisk in Baghdad

[Judah McAuley]

Madhu Menon wrote:
> At 05:17 AM 26-03-03, Erika Meyer wrote:
> 
>> He is an amazing thinker and writer.
>> My prayers are that he survives and continues his work.
> 
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?q=fisking

That's some funny stuff.  Thanks for pointing it out Madhu.  For those 
who didn't bother wading through google results, here is the definition 
of "Fisking"

The term refers to Robert Fisk, a journalist who wrote some rather 
foolish anti-war stuff, and who in particular wrote a story in which he 
(1) recounted how he was beaten by some anti-American Afghan refugees, 
and (2) thought they were morally right for doing so. Hence many pro-war 
blogs -- most famously, InstaPundit -- often use the term "Fisking" 
figuratively to mean a thorough and forceful verbal beating of an 
anti-war, possibly anti-American, commentator who has richly earned this 
figurative beating through his words. Good Fisking tends to be (or at 
least aim[s] to be) quite logical, and often quotes the other article in 
detail, interspersing criticisms with the original article's text.

I'm almost suprised that conservatives don't get behind Fisk for that 
Afghan story.  Doesn't getting the crap kicked out of you and then 
explaining to the abusers that you understand them count as Jesus-like? 
  Sometimes there is a fine line between nobility and stupidity.  I'd 
err on the side of nobility for this guy since he writes and reasons well.

Judah