Isn't It Ironic?

gessel writes "Have you ever used the word "ironic?" Do you know what it really means? If not, is that ironic? Was Seinfeld's "irony" really the cause of the utter collapse of civil society as we knew it? How ironic was it for the CEO of MTV to declare irony a victim of 9/11? The Guardian is running a brilliant article that clears the confusion around a culturally critical and chronically misused word."

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Hoity Toity blah blah blah

[GMFTatsujin]

Honestly, what a pedantic load of crap. Bad Old American GibberSpeak must be stamped out, by George, eh what!

The English quibble about it like they invented the language or something. Chill out, dudes.
GMFTatsujin

This article isn't brilliant

[justanetgod]

it is just British self importance expanded to an ironic and self-parodying degree. Or maybe it just sucks.

Re:Brilliant article?

[AlXtreme]

You're an american. nuff said...

Re:alanis.

[bellings]

It is ironic that you don't believe in the justice of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Let us examine the facts:

• Saddam killed hundreds of thousands innocent Americans on September 11th.
• The Iraqis rolled over like a broken dog when our Freedom Tanks rolled through, proving that their wimpy god might give them the ability to dish it out, but didn't give them the ability to take it. Our American God made us tough, and it's payback time, baby.
• That bastard tried to kill my daddy.

Frankly, if the above facts don't make the morality of preemptive strike absolutely clear to you, then I think you have no place in this country. I'm reluctant to use the "T" word too loosely, but I think that anyone who is actively working to discredit the President of The United States is probably a terrorist.

Re:Oh knock it off will you!

[FireBreathingDog]

Back then, every culture always used every weapon at its disposal. Holding back from using certain types of weaponry is a 20th century innovation.

Native Americans most certainly would have used "germ warfare", as cultures did for hundreds of years. Ever hear of catapults being used to lob dead, diseased livestock over walls?

Lastly, you display an ignorance of the fact that the term European refers to dozens of different nationalities. And, if you want to talk about an invasion, Native Americans "invaded" North and South America by migrating over a now-nonexistent land connection between what is now Alaska and Russia.

I will refrain from the temptation to ironically use the name of brilliant thinkers to draw unfavorable comparisons between their intellect and yours.