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Re: Not Saving Private Ryan.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 30 May 2004 00:13:50 GMT
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John wrote:
> > > that they didn't fully earn it
> > > themselves. But they have made sacrifices (the 1,000s of innocents killed),
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> > They did not make sacrifices; they were "sacrificed".
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> Calloused and insensitive semantics. Par for the course.
Actually, in this case, you're wrong and (shudder), Scott is right.
This is NOT semantics.
"Made sacrifices" pertains to the Iraqi people as a whole. "Were sacrificed"
pertains to the ones actually killed.
HUGE difference, don't try to pave it over in your
rah-rah-Bush-can-do-no-wrong-in-Iraq-claptrap.
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Tom Stangl
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| (...) Well, if they were sacrificed, then by whom to whom? (...) You know, pro-Bush folk would probably be a lot less "rah-rah" if the Left weren't so virulently hateful of Bush as a person, much less as a politician. JOHN (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| | | Re: Not Saving Private Ryan.
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| (...) I managed to catch the start of a dedication ceremony for your WW2 war memorial on Saturday evening. The whoops which greeted Bush, on what I expected to be a reflective event, forced me to switch channel... It may be a cultural thing, but I (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) (snip) (...) You should signal your turns. What is "AWOL"? "A Winner Over Lefties?" (...) Calloused and insensitive semantics. Par for the course. (...) Oh really. And what would it take to convince you of that? The safe $$$ is on nothing; (...) (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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