Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 17:47:12 02/05/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 20:13:54, James Robertson wrote: >>This must be the ugliest post made on this subject tonight. The second ugliest >>is your "satirical" post (look up your dictionary to see what "satire" means). >>By all means defend it. > >The definition of satire is (Funk and Wagnalls) "1. The use of sarcasm, irony, >or wit in exposing abuses or follies; ridicule. 2. A written composition in >which vice, folly, etc. is held up to ridicule." > >Doesn't my post fit into those categories? I personally think it was witty, but >even if you disagree with that you can't deny it is sarcastic. You may not agree >your action was abuse or a folly, but isn't exposing it as such what satire is >all about? :) > >James I didn't get that from it. To me it just seemed sarcastic, serious, and pissed off, not that it matters much. There were a lot of upset people this morning. bruce
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