----- Original Message ----- > Subject: Re: anti-therapy & social-therapy / political neutrality > From: "Stephen Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 17:24:33 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 1 >[snip] > One more thing. I ended my post with the curious comment "Or do I > disassemble?" I was hoping to be severely mocked for misusing the > word. Yet all I received was one polite comment sent to me privately > gently questioning it. This means either: > > a) No one knew, noticed, or cared about the word usage > b) You knew but were too polite to point it out > c) You watch Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show".
I plead guilty to c} and smiled at your use of it. > Because George W. Bush, in a recent press conference, said in his > inimitable syntax about Amnesty International calling Guatanamo Bay a > "Gulag" that: > > "It seemed like to me they based some of their decisions on the word > of and the allegations by people that were held in detention, people > who hate America, people who have been trained in some instances to > disassemble, that means not to tell the truth." This remined me of Dan Quayle chiding a grade school student for spelling "potato" without a terminal "e". > Now if the leader of the most powerful nation on the face of the > earth tells me that "disassemble" means "not to tell the truth", > that's good enough for me. If I don't want to be invaded, I mean. Frankly, I was surprised that after Bush's use of the term there wasn't a bunch of conservative pundits using "disassemble" to back up Bush's use of it. How long before someone writes a book against "disassemblism"? Can a "Ministry of Assembly" be in our future? Mike Palij New York University [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [see > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2002296931_dionne03.html > > You can also catch it direct from Bush in a video clip from "The > Daily Show" at > http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/index.jhtml > (click on "Sunshine Boys"--it's about half-way through the clip). ] > > Stephen > ___________________________________________________ > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 > Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 > Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > > Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at > http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
