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August 17, 2008 - 5:51 am - by Richard Fernandez
Konyok
2008-08-17 20:58:02

mika,

It helps if you make arguments rather than make statements.

Your “devastated cities and towns” statement sounds foreign. If you were familiar with political arguments in the United States you would express yourself with more precision. An American progressive would speak of the devastation of the inner city, for example. I would understand that he was referring to race relations.
“Devastated cities and towns” sounds like you are speaking of a natural disaster or something.
When you speak of Bush with a “Barbed wire Johnson rod” you are again speaking in a foreign tongue. The entire string of words is awkward and weird. A “johnson?” Yeah, Ok, gotcha. A “johnson rod?” If you hadn’t used sodomized as the verb I would not have understood what you were talking about.
When you speak of imperialists needing foes you are merely repeating propaganda slogans. These are words without meaning in the real world.

If you wish to convince, you must make arguments that you are able to defend.