On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:11:00 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

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Why was the comments by the illustrious Cheryl Crow "derogatory"? Guns
ARE sold at Wal-Mart.


"Let's watch our kids kill each other with guns they bought at WalMart"

Kids aren't buying guns at Wal-Mart...adults are. And how does Cheryl Crowe
know that it's Wal-Mart guns doing the killing?

Poetry is a symbolic, often oblique means of communication. Literary devices
are seldom meant to be taken literally.

In the critically acclaimed[1] essay, "Like Buttah," for example: "The water is
glass" does not mean that what was once H20 has been somehow literally
transfogrified into glass, any more than "contemplative coffee" refers to a
beverage that is sentient.

There will be a short quiz. This will count on your final grade.

Joe Parsons

[1] Well, three or four people did say they liked it. That's good enough for
me!