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Re: "Now he will face the justice he denied to millions," Bush said (about Saddam Hussein)... It is certainly a play on words, but I don't ... My reply to Donna expresses it a bit more fully. I guess I didn't express it better,
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maria conlon
5 yr 348 days ago
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It is certainly a play on words, but I don't ... many, many more), I was disappointed with the "justice" line. This whole conversation has been enlightening. If "justice" has come to mean more like "punishment" in
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I think it's just a clever juxtapositioning, much like that ... wrong in itself, just good copywriting by Bush's talented speechwriters. It is certainly a play on words, but I don't think it is very good. I think it should have ... who
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donna richoux
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My hovercraft is full of eels. Now *that*'s a non sequitur. Not really. The conversation may be about why your hovercraft is low in the water. The conversation was about whether a prior trope was a non sequitur or a selfcontradiction. In that
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That's not a non sequitur. It's a selfcontradiction. My hovercraft is full of eels. Now *that*'s a non sequitur. Not really. The conversation may be about why your hovercraft is low in the water. Mike M.J.Powell
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