In response to the news that the Bert is Evil website has been removed by its creator (see the “life imitates art” link below for the reason why), Metafilter poster Rogers Cadenhead writes:
Can we please stop recasting every decision in our lives as a matter of whether the terrorists win or not? (“I’m going to super-size my Big Mac Extra Value Meal today, because if I don’t, we’re letting them win.”) Al Qaeda has a reputation for thorough planning, but I don’t think they killed 5,600 people to drive humorists off the Net.
An excellent point. One can almost forgive him for publishing the Drudge Report.