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To: Blackyce
Satire: noun
...a way of criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way to show that they have faults or are wrong, or a piece of writing or play which uses this style.

31 posted on 10/06/2002 9:21:14 PM PDT by Vidalia
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To: Vidalia
Satire: noun
...a way of criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way to show that they have faults or are wrong, or a piece of writing or play which uses this style.

That's a different definition than the one from your profile page. Which says:

Satire...
Main Entry: sat·ire
Pronunciation: 'sa-"tIr
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin satura, satira, perhaps from (lanx) satura dish of mixed ingredients, from feminine of satur well-fed; akin to Latin satis enough
Date: 1501
1 : a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
2 : trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly

41 posted on 10/06/2002 9:59:16 PM PDT by Moose-Owie
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To: Vidalia
Yes, and you're not the only one with a strange sense of humor.
45 posted on 10/06/2002 11:53:56 PM PDT by Blackyce
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