How about the State pull down menu? Alabama is first. Should we change it to California? Whites over Blacks...
At 01:13 PM 1/8/2002 -0800, you wrote: >The pull down menu issue is racist. Why are we putting United States >first, and not Afghanistan? Once again, the United States, main composed >of white people, trying to put down brown people... > >Does this work Mark? ;) > >At 03:04 PM 1/8/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >I truly love this list. There's no other place where you can go and see > >a simple comment about a drop-down menu get turned into a heated debate > >over the differences between sarcasm and irony. We've got to fit racism > >and politics in here somewhere. > > > >Mark > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 1:31 PM > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: Re: Countries > > > > > >Given your past comments demonstrating how you feel about the U.S.' > >attit > >ude > >about being the biggest and the best, I would say that sarcasm would be > >t > >he > >easiest to convey, in this instance. As for your suggestion that this > >wa > >s a > >form of irony, well, here are the definitions of irony .. which one of > >th > >ese > >definitions applies to your 'subtle irony'? > > > >i�ro�ny (r-n, r-) > >n. pl. i�ro�nies > > 1.. > > 1.. The use of words to express something different from and often > >opposite to their literal meaning. > > 2.. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast > >betwee > >n > >apparent and intended meaning. > > 3.. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or > >rhetori > >cal > >effect. See Synonyms at wit1. > > 2.. > > 1.. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually > >occu > >rs: > >"Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" > >(Richard Kain). > > 2.. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such > >incongrui > >ty. > >See Usage Note at ironic. > > 3.. Dramatic irony. > > 4.. Socratic irony. > >irony \I"ron*y\, a. [From Iron.] 1. Made or consisting of iron; > >partaking > > of > >iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles. [R.] ((I don't think > >this > >applies)) > > > >irony \I"ron*y\, n.[L. ironia, Gr. ? dissimulation, fr. ? a dissembler > >in > >speech, fr. ? to speak; perh. akin to E. word: cf. F. ironie.] 1. > >Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or > >provok > >ing > >an antagonist. 2. A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which > >ado > >pts > >a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense > >of > >the words. > > > >irony n 1: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used > >sarca > >sm > >to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid" [syn: sarcasm, > >satire, caustic remark] 2: incongruity between what might be expected > >and > >what actually occurs: "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she > >most > >hated" 3: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and > >what occurs. > > > >Call it sarcasm, or irony, or mince words however you like, the meaning > >a > >nd > >intent of the statement was clear. > > > >Todd > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Benjamin Falloon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 12:35 PM > >Subject: Re: Countries > > > > > > > sorry howie... I'm afraid your wrong... this is a very BIG difference > > > between sarcasm and subtle irony... You read my posts and read > >sarcasm, > >even > > > when it wasn't there in the first place... I'd say of all of the > >implie > >d > > > tones, sarcasm would be one of the most difficult to convey in writing > > > >as > > > it's mostly audio/visual (ie. in person). So reading this inturn > >re-enforces > > > your notion that I am a "USA basher" as you say. I'm sorry, but your > > > categorisation of me is pointless... have I ever categorized you? > > > > > > Benjamin > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
