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Comments on Thursday 11 October 2001:
Donald Rumsfeld has claimed that the four Afghan UN aid workers who were killed in the recent attacks died because they were hit by Taliban missiles falling back to earth. American bombs destroy only the intended targets, with pinpoint accuracy, of course. (source: cynicalbastards gossip) [14:18]

Not Z
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Are the cynical bastards a bunch of pervs?
No HTML? Well, you are no fun.

Nik
I think it refers, in this case, to the fact that an adult intelligence in readers is a pre-requisite. Think about that, eh.

RavenBlack
Not really, but they have 'bastard' in the title, and thus it is adult. Yahoo-groups are a bunch of prudes.

Not Z
From the cynical bastard homepage:
"A list for bitter and twised people who want
to indulge in fierce arguments about petty issues.
Also the place for updates on the University of Bums on Seats."
What does twised mean? Surely adult intelligence bastards could spell the word twisted if that is what you meant.

RavenBlack
Surely you mean 'intelligent'? Anyone can make a typo. (Cynicalbastards is not a CIA front.)

Not Z
Cynical bastards may not be a CIA front, but 'Not Z' is a jj_juggs alias. heh

RavenBlack
Mm, the style was eminently identifiable.

Tempus Rex
I dunno, I don't really think that they have pinpoint accuracy. I have heard that the video's of the american bombs that they have released have had basepoint and occasionally housepoint accuracy, but they have yet to show me a slow mo video of a bomb hitting a pin from 20,000 ft up.
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