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Re: Infinite Justice
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Thu, 20 Sep 2001 13:43:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> Infinite Justice.
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> Has anyone noticed the peculiar nature of those words?
I suppose "Operation Give Peace A Chance" would be more to your liking?
Of course the designation is hyperbolic, and of course it's over-the-top,
and of course it's propaganda-ish. That's the whole point of giving the
operation a designation.
**snip of a literary citation**
> Infinite Justice, indeed! I'm sorry, but I am literally Rolling On The
> Laughing Out Loud.
Does anyone else take issue with the indiscriminate use of "literally"
that is rampant in the public media lately?
Dave!
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| (...) Well, I use it in exchange for words like "actually", which is supposed to be a usage problem. But what is one to do? That's the colloquial usage of the word... On a more serious note, is no one going to take issue with what I have proffered (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well, yes. Since this is named in the string (how DO they choose these names anyway??) that also included "infinite reach", the 98 cruise missile Afghan extravaganza, which by the way showed that our reach is pityingly finite, I find it quite (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) You know I do! But it's probably best not to get me started. I would leave this particular case alone anyway because it IS possible that Richard actually WAS rolling on whatever he was rolling on LOL-- I suppose grown men have done stranger (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Infinite Justice. Has anyone noticed the peculiar nature of those words? It sounds very like what was imagined as a perpetual war in the essay within a novel, "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism" by Emmanual Goldstein that resides (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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