--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: <snip> > > And I suggest to you that you frequently seem > > to have difficulty interpreting plain English when > > it's saying something you don't want to accept. > > > > A "good" publicity stunt is a successful one. A > > "successful" publicity stunt is one that gets-- > > wait for it!--a lot of publicity. > > > > This stunt got a lot of publicity. You concede it > > was imaginative. Therefore, it was a good > > publicity stunt, imaginative and quite successful. > > then according to you "Nurenberg" and the 1936 Olympic Games were > good publicity stunts and very, very successful.
If you consider them publicity stunts and they got a lot of publicity, then, as publicity stunts, yes, indeed, they were good publicity and very, very successful. > Sad. Not. A matter of the plain meaning of English words. Sorry you can't deal with that. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/