Has the thread been hijacked? To answer this question, first we must determine what is meant by "hijacking the thread?" Its difficult to tell. These words are vague and imprecise, and render the issue of who has hijacked the thread an open one. With a bit of analysis, however, maybe we can reason through this thread and figure out who, if anyone, has hijacked it.
It seems that the sole judge of who has hijacked the thread is the person who has started the thread, namely one, Tenzing. He has given us some guidance as to what may qualify as a "hijack" by supplying the words the hijacker might use, viz. "Bush Sucks." He has also speculated that the hijacker would probably act within 2.4 hours of the start of the thread at 12:43am Tuesday. With these clues, lets look at the posts, shall we?
There was only one response within the 2.4 hour window, and that was by ImFelkhr at 1:51am Tuesday. But ImFelkhr did not use the predicted "Bush Sucks" epithet, leaving the question open as to whether Tenzing consider this to be a true "hijack?" We can't be sure.
At 3:05am, the "hijack" that was predicted to occur within 2.4 hours had not yet happened. When would it occur? No one knew for sure.
At 9:04am Tuesday, Chad expressed some uncertainty as to the subject of the thread, which does tend to make the act of hijacking a thread difficult. How is one supposed to hijack a thread if one cannot determine what the thread is supposed to be about? Chad asked if hijacking meant that "centrists" or "neo-Nazi America haters" would post in the thread, but the question went unanswered by the thread-starter.
A few minutes later, Sponge took a chance by guessing with the words "Clinton's fault," which every madjacker will agree has hijacked many an thread here over the years. Here, Sponge may have been, as they say, "on to something," because Tenzing responded by demanding more specifics. Eagerly, Sponge made a follow-up guess of "Liberal media?" but this was met with silence from Tenzing, which may be seen as the proverbial warm trail growing cold.
Several posters throughout the day expressed the same bewilderment at the subject of the thread, until finally, at 8:02pm Tuesday, Mr. Haskell opined bluntly that "Bush sucks." Aha! The magic words! At last, can it be said that this thread has been well and truly hijacked?
And yet, the only madjacker who can answer this question with any degree of certainty remains silent.
