Originally posted by Arbiter
We need to launch an immediate attack against newspaper writers and editors for corrupting America's children with their atrocious grammar. Too long have these deviant institutions been permitted to work their subterfuge unfettered. It is imperitive that we send a message to them and their ilk that we will not stand idly by while they destroy America's youth.
To begin, I propose that we hunt down and rape every single newspaper editor in the country. Only through rape can we protect our children.
Aye, I agree! They rape language, we rape th-- wait, who's going to rape the male editors?
Sunsnail
Lira, it took me about 20 seconds to finally understand your confusion. The headline makes 100% sense to me
astroboy
They could have employed a range of punctuation marks to solve the ambiguity.
"Rape: a weapon of war, activists say"
"McDonald's fries, the holy grail for potato farmers"
"French left - torn in two in row over EU constitution"
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Originally posted by Jarvmeister
So, it's always been like that, for a good reason. But because you made a mistake reading it and interpreting it (I didn't - and neither did MrJB) you thought you'd cry about it in the COR.
Good luck mustering up support for that one.
He's mustered plenty of support. His disciples are many and his power grows daily. Come the revolution, people like you will be first against the wall!
All hail the bright linguistically unambiguous future laid out by the tenets of Marcusism-Liraism!
Lira
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Originally posted by astroboy
They could have employed a range of punctuation marks to solve the ambiguity.
"Rape: a weapon of war, activists say"
"McDonald's fries, the holy grail for potato farmers"
"French left - torn in two in row over EU constitution"
Good idea... though apparently I was the only one to catch the nonsensical ambiguity of what could be happening in Congo :p
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Originally posted by astroboy
He's mustered plenty of support. His disciples are many and his power grows daily. Come the revolution, people like you will be first against the wall!
All hail the bright linguistically unambiguous future laid out by the tenets of Marcusism-Liraism!
Yes, Viva la Revolution!!!
Wrong country, I know, but this video is so bizarre it had to be posted :p
Sushipunk
Fear my rape weapon!
8==========D
Mr.Mystery
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Originally posted by Jarvmeister
So, it's always been like that, for a good reason.
What would that good reason be?
stren
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Originally posted by Lira
Hah, when I saw Stren posted in this thread, I thought he was going to say something about my sig :D
Well, me and tub girl DID break up :mad:
kamil
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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
:stongue:
Awesome post.
I read the headline as "rape is a weapon of war in the Congo."
I read it as:
'rape a woman of war in the Congo'
Jarvmeister
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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
What would that good reason be?
To fit more topic into headline space whilst ensuring the font is as large in size as possible. Thought it was pretty obvious myself.
They don't do it for fun, or even for the benefit of COR discussions you know.
DimaShibby
wait where is the option for more rape?
pkcRAISTLIN
rape tunnel
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The artist plans to place himself in a room, the only entrance or exit being a 22 ft long plywood tunnel constructed by Whitehurst himself. Then he says that for the duration of the gallery’s opening (from 7:00 p.m. to midnight) he will rape anyone who travels through the tunnel into that room.
Originally posted by Jarvmeister
To fit more topic into headline space whilst ensuring the font is as large in size as possible. Thought it was pretty obvious myself.
They don't do it for fun, or even for the benefit of COR discussions you know.
Yes, but a lot of the time it renders the entire headline unreadable and confusing (although perhaps not in this particular case).
