Re: Je neco shnileho v tomto clanku

okyn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Feb 20, 7:38 am, Frank Bures <f...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> o...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Feb 19, 11:10 pm, "Paul J Kriha"
>>> <paul.nospam.kr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> "Karel Kriz" <ka...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>> news:karel-0744BC.07321919022008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> In article <fpelj9$5e...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>>>  Frank Bures <f...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>> Karel Kriz wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <fovata$ui...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>>>>>  Frank Bures <f...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>>> The camera does not lie: Former centres of learning and
intellectual
>>>>>>>> diversity are now indoctrination sites systemically dedicated to
the
>>>>>>>> abbreviation of human curiosity and the alienation of students
from
>>>>>>>> Western
>>>>>>>> civilization.
>>>>>>>> I often wonder where in Canada I could "go home again" in the
21st
>>>>>>>> century.
>>>>>>>> I have one simple, symbolic criterion: a learning centre that
would still
>>>>>>>> hold up for critical admiration the greatness in the writings of
Thomas
>>>>>>>> Wolfe, a hard-drinking, aggressively hetero***ual white male from
a racist
>>>>>>>> background, whose creative inspiration was Western civilization's
literary
>>>>>>>> treasure trove and whose overriding theme was his passion for
America.
>>>>>>>> That's a tall order nowadays. I only know one three-year arts
program in
>>>>>>>> Canada today I'd be glad to call my intellectual home, and I fear
for its
>>>>>>>> survival.
>>>>>>> This article blew me away. Bures accused me of just "scanning it",
but
>>>>>>> NO-OOO, I read every word.
>>>>>> To put words in someone mouth is not too ethical, but it happens.
>>>>>> To intentionally misquote someone is reaching new low even for you.
>>>>>> There is no phrase "scanning it" anywhere in my original post.
>>>>> A new low? Even for me? What on earth are you talking about?
>>>>> You wrote:
>>>>> "Karel,
>>>>> have you read the article?  Or just glanced over it?"
>>>>> glanced = scanned more or less. So what's the problem?
>>>> You fool! Where have you been since you got off the boat?
>>>> You _quoted_ Frank. When you put something in quotes
>>>> it means you quote (i.e. repeat) exactly what the person said.
>>>> That is the very purpose of the quotes to distinguish quotations
>>>> from paraphrasing.
>>> Do not use quotation marks for
>>> indirect quotations.
>> Q.E.D.
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> Frank, it seems to me obvious that Kriz used the quotation marks not
> as direct quotation but in the "unusual" way that is  quite usual in
> English. So your "Q.E.D." is not convincing.

It did not seem obvious to me.  I surely did not perceived his statements 
as irony.

Cheers
Frank


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