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To: driftless2

Ahhh....there it is....some people think satire is supposed to be a good counterfeit of the real thing and that isn’t it at all.

The point of good satire isn’t simply to fool the audience. Otherwise Dan Rather would have been satire.

Satire has to make a point by poking fun at the target by parody, silliness, humor, irony, etc.

Counterfieting a news story doesn’t neccessarily accomplish that.


28 posted on 11/10/2009 9:05:34 AM PST by Eagle Eye (3%)
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To: Eagle Eye

What does scrappleface mean?


32 posted on 11/10/2009 9:27:50 AM PST by Freedom2specul8 (I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
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To: Eagle Eye

If you don’t like AZConservative’s satires, don’t read them. I like his more than Ott’s.... whose satires are pretty good too.


38 posted on 11/11/2009 7:26:38 AM PST by driftless2 (for long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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