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To: graf008
If he can't understand the distinction between speaking literally and figuratively...

I'd be happy to take what the ad says figuratively — if the ad, itself, was constructed to allow me to do so. However, it is constructed in the literal:

It says: "The Iraqis aren’t insurgents. They’re Iraqi patriates..." Literally, the people who are killing our soldiers, kidnapping civilians of many countries, putting Iraqi civilians in harm's way, and making it difficult to rebuild their country after Saddam Hussein's 30-year predation are heros in the minds of the Democrats who wrote and paid for this ad.

The ad says: "We have Marines and soldiers being killed by the dozens...How many have to be killed before the Bush Bunch is satisfied?" Literally, the ad accuses President Bush and his Cabinet of WANTING our Marines and soldiers to die. In this context, the ad then says:

"And then there’s Rumsfeld who said of Iraq 'We have our good days and our bad days.' We should put this S.O.B. up against a wall and say, 'This is one of our bad days,' and pull the trigger."

The whole construct of the ad is literal, so the author of the ad leaves no room to take the Rumsfeld comment in any way other than literally. It sets up a reason why Rumsfeld should be executed (deliberately sending our Marines and soldiers to their deaths for no good reason in Iraq) and then calls for his execution.

426 posted on 04/13/2004 11:37:46 AM PDT by Wolfstar (John F. Kerry is a true Leftist idealogue — a true Leftist believer.)
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To: Wolfstar
The fact that the ad writers used literal statements to describe what they falsely believe is happening and then say "pull the trigger" doesn't mean they are saying that we should actually pick up our gun and shot for Rumsfeld. The phrase "pull the trigger" has several different meanings, especially when used in an arumentative context.

Look, the ad itself is silly. It has false arguments and looks like it was written by a 15 year old. To focus on one phrase and extract it it to lower our analysis to the same of the writers of the ad.

I am just saying we can easily rise above.
442 posted on 04/13/2004 11:43:47 AM PDT by graf008
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