-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Naiman Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 7:04 PM To: Progressive Economics; Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] We're Still Arming the King of Syria? There Oughta Be aLaw!
It was a rhetorical device, designed to skirt the fact that in US political discourse, it has been established as a rule that we should care very much about Syria and not at all about Bahrain. ------ Why would you choose a rhetoric designed to hide from your reader what you were talking about? Even after your explanation I still don't know how your apparent point attaches to the mere boring facts. And yesterday I had stopped reading the thread simply because nothing quite made sense. Do not assume extensive knowledge of daily news by your readers. More generally, irony is a bad choice for left rhetoric. It works much better for conservatives such as Plato. Carrol _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
