[lit-ideas] Re: Is anybody still alive?????
- From: "Donal McEvoy" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "donalmcevoyuk" for DMARC)
- To: "lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:35:53 +0000 (UTC)
Even though the judge might be a bit educated, I suspect he won the insult
debate>
She's a she, but the point still holds. The judge is simply reflecting back or
mirroring the abuse received, and this often would mean a stalemate e.g.
"You're a liar!" "No, you're a liar". But here the judge wins. Not because of
the judge's authority - judges can easily come off worst when it descends to
trading insults, and diminish whatever authority they had. But because the
mirroring is here so effective - clearly Mr. H is a "bit of a c---", and the
"You too" is a faux-polite form with which to bat back his 'GFY' in a
controlled way.
Mr. H looks like a lot of guys where I live also - rolled into one.
Donal
From: Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, 11 August 2016, 4:26
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Is anybody still alive?????
Mr. Hennigan looks like a lot of guys I know. We originated them down here in
the Southland. .
On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Donal McEvoy <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Been away - busy on my doctoral thesis on judicial language - it's use and
misuse.
It's not going well:-
Judge and defendant exchange insults in court
Still, beats poetry.
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| Judge and defendant exchange insults in courtJohn Hennigan, being jailed in
Chelmsford for racist abuse, shouted offensive remarks at judge who said them
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