[Peace-discuss] AWARE

[C. G. Estabrook]

Or, to put that another way, some people just can't seem to take a joke...

Or do you suppose that the inclusion of people of choler is part of our new 
diversity program?  --CGE


E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
> the merry-go-round is not a ferrous wheel, the perception of irony  is lost
> and the derivation of irony is unrelated.
> 
> Irony (from the Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía, meaning hypocrisy, 
> deception, or feigned ignorance) is a literary or rhetorical device, in which
> there is an incongruity or discordance between what one says or does and what
> one means or what is generally understood. Irony is a mode of expression that
> calls attention to the character's knowledge and that of the audience.
> 
> There is argument about what qualifies as ironic, but all senses of irony
> revolve around the perceived notion of an incongruity between what is
> expressed and what is intended, or between an understanding or expectation of
> a reality and what actually happens: the literal truth is in direct
> discordance to the perceived truth.