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Date Posted: 06:32:09 07/31/03 Thu
Author: Pedro
Subject: Re: US foreign policy!
In reply to: Maria Raquel Bambirra 's message, "US foreign policy!" on 01:29:47 07/30/03 Wed

Maria Raquel, Prof.a Vera e colegas:

s� um "explica��ozinha" para me ajudar: as palavras e express�es em ma�usculas s�o inser��es no texto original? Visam trabalhar comparativamente com o texto de Lakoff?
Eu entendi que sim.
Parab�ns, voce foi muito feliz nos exemplos.

Obrigado.Pedro

> US FOREIGN POLICY
> A: (WAR IS POLITICS, BUSINESS)
>
> (CONSTRUINDO O CAR�TER DO INIMIGO)
>
> (HIDDEN STRATEGIES?)
>
> A: (THE ENEMY IS IRRATIONAL - dialogue is
>impossible)
>
>>(VILLAIN), (WAR IS BUSINESS - MATHEMATICIAN OF WAR SUMS
>UP ITS PROFITS)
>
ENEMY IS EVIL AND IRRATIONAL, LIKE A MONSTER OR
>DEVIL. THERE IS NO NEGOTIATION POSSIBLE), (COVENIENT
>DISCOURSE)
>
(CUBA DOES NOT DO>BUSINESS WITH THE US)
(THE HERO MUST FREE VICTIMS)
(BUSH'S VICTORY ON THE BALLOTS IS QUESTIONED
>TILL TODAY!)
>(AUTORITARISM IS AN ENEMY OF FREEDOM AND MUST BE
>STOPPED) (HOW DEMOCRATIC IS BUSH?)
>
(NATIOS FOR OR AGAINST THE US WAR ARE RESPECTIVELY
>NATURAL FRIENDS OR ENEMIES)

>(THE NATIONALIST DISCOURSE + THE SOLE FACT THAT THE
>AMERICAN MONEY METAPHOR REPRESENTED BY THE TWIN TOWERS
>WAS PHYSICALLY DESTROYED - there could never be any
>more serious offense to the country as a whole!)
>>(VILLAINS),
>(AUTORITARISM IS AGAINST FREEDOM)
(TALIBANS ARE >MONSTERS)
AFGHANISTAN IS THE VILLAIN, AND THE WOMEN WHO
>DID NOT COMPLY ARE THE WRONGDOERS)

>(VILLAINS ARE DEVILISH ONES)
>of patriarchal oppression that covers all of a woman's
(FOR OR AGAINST
>IDEOLOGY AGAIN, DEFINING FRIENDS OR ENEMIES)
>
. (THE DEVIL HIMSELF! AMERICAN
>ENEMY #1! IRRATIONAL EVIL MONSTER)
>
>>(BUSINESS/PROFITS/FRIENDS)
>
(FOR Vs AGAINST)
(WAR IS>BUSINESS)
(GOD IS THE VICTIM, THE US THE HERO,>AND IRAQ THE VILLAIN)

>(TRUTH IS A RELATIVE CONCEPT MANIPULATED IN FAVOR OF
>CONVENIENCE AND ALSO OF WHAT IT INTENDS TO HIDE)

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Re: US foreign policy! -- Maria Raquel Bambirra, 17:19:47 07/31/03 Thu