Word: absurdities
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fire for propaganda purposes. As if Palestinians were animals who would sacrifice their children today for newspaper photos that will be forgotten tomorrow. As if teenagers protesting in their own neighbourhoods against violent occupation somehow forced Israel to use helicopter gunships against them. And even if this transparently absurd and inhumane argument were true, would that not simply underscore the desperation imposed by generations lived under occupation in dirty, overcrowded refugee camps...
...principle, not politics." I guess that you intend to imply that you are a man of principle, a man of conviction, a man very different from that sleazy D.C. guru next to you. You went to Bob Jones University as a matter of principle, right? It would be absurd to think that you went there to win the Christian, conservative right-wing vote...
...small Dallas-based company that began selling stress-relieving sound machines in 1993, is embracing that philosophy wholeheartedly. In addition to its Texas-shape fountain, complete with oil well, the company has trademarked a line of whimsical frog fountains, and is developing one with giggling piglets. "It gets more absurd as we go along," admits president Suzanne Harper. Coming soon: a gargling Billy Bass...
While vaguely absurd, this overpowering fear is a natural consequence of a mindset which treats Progress, with a capital "P," as the chief end and highest good to which a society can aspire. If Progress is Good, it follows that those who stand in the way of said Progress must be Bad, Wicked, and a dozen other capitalized synonyms for Absolute Evil. And while most of my fellow Harvardians would doubtless shy away from Alec Baldwin's scheme for the stoning of prominent conservatives, they sympathize with the spirit that animated his remarks, which was summed up admirably when...
Moreover, the fan contests were utterly ridiculous. Shooting the puck from center ice into an 8-inch hole in the goal is near impossible. Doing it three times in a row for $50,000 is beyond absurd. Wayne Gretzky couldn't do that. And how can you only give $100 for doing it once...