Can someone in the know explain this arcane reference?
As an aside, leaving aside the substance of the editorial, I am shocked by the poor writing. Is this typical of the Auburn Citizen?
Not me. The only thing I can think of is the fact that Walrath once made that comment about how he was willing to eat an asbestos sandwich in order to prove that health concerns about it are overblown.
As an aside, leaving aside the substance of the editorial, I am shocked by the poor writing. Is this typical of the Auburn Citizen?Fraid so. I glance at online every day.
As noted previously, the Citizen editorial page is full of poor writing and, as touched upon on another thread, unintentional (and in poor taste) pseudo puns doled out in its "Hits and Misses" column. Today's paper has the following items:
MISS: To the untimely death of Margaret "Betsy" Patsos of Tyre who was killed at age 76 Wednesday when her car collided with a garbage truck.
and
HIT: To news of arrests in the brutal killing of Roland "Bud" Scoville, an unassuming businessman in Aurelius. Scoville was beaten with a baseball bat...
It's astounding to think that people who make their living with words would not realize how tasteless the use of the terms "hit" and "miss" are in these situations.