Re: Sarcasm; was: Re: ADMIN: RE: Re-entry Level

Subject: Re: Sarcasm; was: Re: ADMIN: RE: Re-entry Level
From: Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:25:52 -0800


Can you say that in English??

=o)

Wade


> > While sarcasm is a form of irony, it is certainly a somewhat
> > virulent form. By contrast, there are many who have
> > marvelously ironic minds but who do not single out any
> > particular targets to lambaste personally. Ambrose Bierce was
> > a very good example of this quality.
> >
>
> I would have the same response to anyone who approached the entire list with
> the same type of subtext (whose actual meaning I will not point out
> explicitly to you either here or in private) as the "target" had.
>
> > Also in my experience, people can develop habits of "...not
> > taking fools lightly" and responding with automatic sarcasm.
> > Unfortunately, too often their sarcasm is based upon a
> > mistaken understanding of the first person's comments--but
> > the sarcasm is unleashed when the realization strikes that it
> > may have been unwarranted.
> >
>
> When such a subtext appears here, and is ignored without comment, it creates
> an atmosphere in which such a subtext is seen as normal. Such a subtext is
> appalling, and yet I do apologize if my own response/subtext to the subtext
> upset any of you.


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