"sherwindu" wrote in message
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Dave wrote:

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:20:53 -0600, sherwindu
said:

If that was sarcasm, it was in very bad taste.

Let me modify what I said before. Some in the group don't even understand
what sarcasm is.

Suppose I make some sarcastic remarks about your mother. Does that
excuse
me for showing poor taste? Sarcasm is a useful retort in some cases,
but
here
it only emphasized certain stereotype images, which only added to the
distastefullness
of the whole exchange.



In this case, isn't emphasizing certain stereotype images the very
definition of the satire?