http://dilbert.com/2013-01-04/
Is anyone else getting annoyed by these "news" sites like "Business Insider" which are popping up and rewriting second-hand news with! added! drama! and getting quoted all over the internets as gospel truth?
Business Outsider wrote:Japan and China - war soon?
- by Douchebag Hipster, Silicon Valley
Japan and China could come to armed blows over counterfeit shark fins, if the current crisis escalates beyond a mere exchange of words. East Asian security and anime expert Professor Bruce B. Bruce warns that all options for a military intervention could be open to both sides, and has not ruled out the possibility of a nuclear exchange should the US be drawn into the conflict. Speaking at the Outback University of Dingo Studies' annual Ikebana exhibition, Prof. Bruce outlined a scenario in which Prime Minister Abe's bowel problems flare up again, coinciding with Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping developing a paranoid psychosis leading him to give credence to reports about laser-armed Japanese sharks. "It would be 1937 all over again", warned Bruce, who went on to outline how the region could quickly slide into chaos if Japan reconstructs the legendary battleship Yamato and sails it up the Yangtze River.
According to local media, as yet no shots have been fired in this nascent conflict, however tensions remain tense throughout the region.
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