Word: argumentativeness
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...months now, a growing contingent has been whining that Burton had no right to ruin a classic. Having spent my own formative years entranced by the catchy, kitschy tunes of “Willy Wonka” I wasn’t alien to this argument. Note to Wonka-snobs: Let. It. Go. It is possible for two movies with the same plot to coexist. The trick is not to recreate, but to reinvent...
Nonsense. The "distraction" argument is the most obvious nonsense. What exactly is the U.S. not doing in the war on terrorism that it would be doing if it weren't in Iraq? We are supporting a fiercely antiterrorist democratic government in Afghanistan, hunting al-Qaeda in the impossible terrain on the Pakistani frontier, coordinating with just about every secret service in the world to disrupt terrorist communications, movement and funding. What is it about Iraq that "distracts...
...first thing to be said is that no one knows. Unlike the Bolsheviks, al-Qaeda does not hand out numbered party-registration cards. But let's assume, for the sake of argument, that there are Muslims energized by Iraq--who were not energized by Western colonialism, American imperialism, Hollywood decadence, the Roosevelt-Saud alliance, the Afghan war, Zionism, feminism or other alleged outrages against Islam. They were living contentedly, tending their shoe shop in Riyadh, and all of a sudden they discovered the joys of jihad and the lure of heavenly posthumous sex awaiting them at the other...
...Wilson dismisses the argument that Rove didn't name her, but said she was Wilson's wife. ?Valerie's name has been Valerie Wilson since we married in April of 1998,? he says, ?Her name is Valerie Wilson on her passport; it is Valerie Wilson on her credit cards; it's Valerie Wilson on the mortgage note for this house; and it's Valerie Wilson on her driver's license. So when you say 'Wilson's wife,' you have essentially identified Valerie Wilson, Mrs. Wilson...
...HUPD officers responded to a report of an Au Bon Pain employee arguing with a customer. After speaking to other employees, the officers determined that no argument had taken place...