But what about irony and sarcasm?
That Greenpeace story was a hoot!
But stop and ask yourself whether QandO's most sinister interpretion of the incident is remotely credible in light of the fact that it's so outrageous. Occam's Razor works with people, Tom: It was a stupid joke that backfired bigtime. "Bigtime"...yeah, that reminds me, like Cheney speaking into an open mike. Which this incident closely resembles--both nitwits didn't intend their lame humor for public consumption.
Haven't you ever done something like that?