# Is BBC anti-war spin causing more casualties than necessary? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 27, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bbc-anti-war-spin-causing-more-casualties-than-necessary/164415 "2003-03-27T00:18:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![McDuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@McDuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDuff)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bbc-anti-war-spin-causing-more-casualties-than-necessary/164415/161 "2003-04-02T10:56:42Z")
Stop that! Those puns are in violation of the Geneva Convention on Puns of Mass Awfulness! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bbc-anti-war-spin-causing-more-casualties-than-necessary/164415/162 "2003-04-02T11:10:25Z")
Are they contrary to PUNited Nations resolutions? (Sorry, just read The Sun.) ---
**Author:** ![McDuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@McDuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDuff)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bbc-anti-war-spin-causing-more-casualties-than-necessary/164415/163 "2003-04-02T12:16:18Z")
(More fool you) By the way, can we assume that the answer to the question posed in the thread title and OP is a great big “No” with cherries on top? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bbc-anti-war-spin-causing-more-casualties-than-necessary/164415/164 "2003-04-02T12:18:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by McDuff \* > \*\*(More fool you) \*\* Know thine enemy. And, yes, I believe we can conclude that the answer is indeed “no”. ---
**Author:** ![McDuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@McDuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDuff)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bbc-anti-war-spin-causing-more-casualties-than-necessary/164415/165 "2003-04-02T13:37:47Z")
When it comes to knowing the “enemy,” I’m pretty happy with my _Spectator_ subscription and my copy of the Times every so often. Reading the Sun makes me come out in a rash. ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bbc-anti-war-spin-causing-more-casualties-than-necessary/164415/166 "2003-04-02T17:06:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by december \* > \*\* I think Wall Street is wrong about the war. I put my money where my mouth is by buying stocks last week (currently down 2% from the purchase price.) I am expecting (or hoping for) a sharp rise in the market, when the war reaches a tipping point and comes to a suprisingly rapid victory. We shall see. \*\* Dow Jones Industrials up 223 today. Told you so! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bbc-anti-war-spin-causing-more-casualties-than-necessary/164415/167 "2003-04-02T17:23:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by december \* > \*\*Dow Jones Industrials up 223 today. Told you so! \*\* _taking notes_ When are you going to sell? ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bbc-anti-war-spin-causing-more-casualties-than-necessary/164415/168 "2003-04-02T17:49:34Z")
Wow: you predicted that the market would rise (potentially on good news). Who would of thought? ---
**Author:** ![coug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e495f1/32.png) [@coug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coug)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bbc-anti-war-spin-causing-more-casualties-than-necessary/164415/169 "2003-04-03T01:18:00Z")
don’t you think tha tsame shit goes on on CNN too? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bbc-anti-war-spin-causing-more-casualties-than-necessary/164415.md?page=8)