[Peace-discuss] AWARE

[C. G. Estabrook]

	"But I believe that since my life began
	The most I've had is just
	a talent to amuse..."

LAURIE SOLOMON wrote:
>> some people just can't seem to take a joke...
> 
> On the other hand, some people are the joke.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net [mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] On Behalf Of C. G. Estabrook
> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 6:15 PM
> To: E. Wayne Johnson
> Cc: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] AWARE
> 
> 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.