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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: B.C. #148085 09/21/05 04:07 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 247 W wordminstrel enthusiast wordminstrel enthusiast W Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 247 Can someone explain this cartoon to me, please--that is, the why of the second word balloon? Others have suggested that there is something in the phrase "We, the people" which is grammatically incorrect, Jackie, but that is not what the cartoonist has in mind. His touch is far lighter than that. What brings the guard out is the rebellious expression "We, the people". They have been dispatched to suppress the expression of freedom, not the expression itself. It is the play between the shallowness of the cave-dwellers and the principle of free expression which creates the humor here. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted B.C. Jackie 09/21/05 12:47 AM Re: B.C. Vernon Compton 09/21/05 01:13 AM Re: B.C. tsuwm 09/21/05 01:44 AM Re: B.C. inselpeter 09/21/05 02:55 AM Re: B.C. wordminstrel 09/21/05 04:07 AM Re: B.C. Capfka 09/21/05 06:42 AM Re: B.C. Faldage 09/21/05 10:39 AM Re: B.C. Zed 09/21/05 06:51 PM Re: Missing comma Faldage 09/23/05 10:35 PM To New Members robert holland 09/21/05 11:08 AM Re: B.C. Father Steve 09/21/05 08:10 PM Re: B.C. TEd Remington 09/21/05 08:32 PM Re: B.C. inselpeter 09/21/05 08:49 PM Re: B.C. zmjezhd 09/21/05 09:36 PM Re: B.C. tsuwm 09/21/05 10:26 PM Re: B.C. inselpeter 09/22/05 12:19 AM Re: B.C. TEd Remington 09/21/05 11:00 PM Re: B.C. zmjezhd 09/21/05 11:38 PM Re: B.C. Faldage 09/22/05 01:04 AM Re: B.C. inselpeter 09/22/05 01:12 AM Re: B.C. themilum 09/24/05 10:31 AM Re: B.C. Faldage 09/24/05 12:11 PM That Faldage. themilum 09/24/05 01:57 PM We the people Father Steve 09/24/05 02:35 PM professional deciders themilum 09/24/05 09:53 PM Re: preempting Godwin's Law? zmjezhd 09/24/05 10:16 PM Re: preempting Godwin's Law? themilum 09/25/05 03:52 PM which people are those? belMarduk 09/25/05 09:24 PM Re: preempting Godwin's Law? zmjezhd 09/26/05 12:27 AM Re: professional deciders Father Steve 09/24/05 11:00 PM Re: B.C. TEd Remington 09/22/05 08:28 AM Re: B.C. Faldage 09/22/05 10:34 AM Re: B.C. inselpeter 09/22/05 12:22 PM Re: P vs. D Buffalo Shrdlu 09/22/05 12:46 PM Re: P vs. D Jackie 09/22/05 02:20 PM A.D. tsuwm 09/22/05 02:56 PM Re: A.D. Jackie 09/22/05 05:34 PM Re: A.D. Buffalo Shrdlu 09/22/05 05:44 PM Re: P vs. D inselpeter 09/22/05 04:09 PM Re: P vs. D Faldage 09/22/05 09:33 PM Re: P vs. D musick 09/22/05 10:02 PM Re: B.C. inselpeter 09/21/05 10:24 PM YAO tsuwm 09/23/05 02:42 PM Re: YAO Jackie 09/23/05 03:01 PM Re: YAO inselpeter 09/23/05 04:04 PM Copulate this musick 09/23/05 04:18 PM obviousize this tsuwm 09/23/05 06:40 PM mea culpa musick 09/23/05 08:37 PM Re: obviousize this inselpeter 09/23/05 09:11 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,315 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 340 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 13 ddrinnan 1 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,532 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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