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Bob Noel wrote: In article . net, "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: You seem to be contradicting yourself. You say Clancy's work is not farfetched, but you go on to essentially say Clancy has created a fantasy world. The media playing along with the Government in not reporting the whereabouts of a carrier? Politicians selecting someone because of their ability (e.g., good man in a crisis)? Journalists admitting they were stupid? of course it's farfetched. -- Bob Noel But then, Bob, there's always the one, the ONLY, I give you Geraldo Rivera! Sand map(s) anyone! I think after Capone's safe and then, Geraldo's summa of summas in the Big Apple during the Mayoral election when Rivera says to the Rabbi with Rivera's usual journalistic class, style and panache, to wit, "Let's face facts here, Rabbi, only an outright 'schmuck' or a 'Yenta' would not want to have the Hasidic vote in New York City!" As my old 'Big Apple' neighbor, Sid W., would quip forthwith, 'Oyyyyyyy!' Only Rivera! Doc Tony |
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No, what I meant was that as fiction its actual semblance to reality is
irrelvant. Dave Reinhart "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: "David Reinhart" wrote in message ... No, I think it's *fiction*. Clancy has created his own universe headed by a modern King Arthur who can do no wrong. The real world is a lot bigger and more complicated that the one that exists between the covers of Mr. Clancy's books. You seem to be contradicting yourself. You say Clancy's work is not farfetched, but you go on to essentially say Clancy has created a fantasy world. |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
news You seem to be contradicting yourself. You say Clancy's work is not farfetched, but you go on to essentially say Clancy has created a fantasy world. There is nothing contradictory about not being farfetched and yet being a fantasy. A fantasy can be quite plausible, and yet still be fantasy. |
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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message ... There is nothing contradictory about not being farfetched and yet being a fantasy. A fantasy can be quite plausible, and yet still be fantasy. Not in this usage. far-fetched (färfcht) adj. Not readily believable because of improbable elements therein: a far-fetched analogy; a far-fetched excuse. fan·ta·sy (fnt-s, -z) n. pl. fan·ta·sies 1. The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy. See Synonyms at imagination. 2. Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy. 3. A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit. 4. a. Fiction characterized by highly fanciful or supernatural elements. b. An example of such fiction. 5. An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need. 6. An unrealistic or improbable supposition. 7. Music. See fantasia. 8. A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency. 9. Obsolete. A hallucination. |
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