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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 04:40:43 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Thomas Stangl wrote:
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John wrote:
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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.
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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.
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Well, if they were sacrificed, then by whom to whom?
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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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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
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| (...) Again, this isn't new; it existed with Clinton, too, though the positions were often reversed, and I'd argue that there was much more "yeah, he's a slimeball sex fiend" admission on the Left during the Lewinsky matter than there is acceptance (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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