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Talk:Quoting out of context (view source)
Revision as of 10:45, April 23, 2007
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:I guess it could be ''used'' out of context if someone used it to argue that even Darwin thought that the eye couldn't evolve. In a sense, no quote is ever out of context if it is not being used to make a point. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 08:34, 22 April 2007 (EDT)
:I guess it could be ''used'' out of context if someone used it to argue that even Darwin thought that the eye couldn't evolve. In a sense, no quote is ever out of context if it is not being used to make a point. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 08:34, 22 April 2007 (EDT)
*'''This illustrates my point.''' You can't give a ''clear'' illustration of an out of context quotation in an area that actively being argued, because people won't agree on whether the short quotation is a fair represention of the large whole.
==Here's one I don't get==
Looking for something completely different, I ran across this example in which the White House complains that the Washington Post quoted the President out of context. Here's what they said. For the life of me, I don't see the problem... do you? (This is for discussion only, it's not good grist for the article). The White House seems to be saying that the full quotation shows Bush was not "drawing an operational link" between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. I read the full quotation, and I don't see it... [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 06:45, 23 April 2007 (EDT)
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The Washington Post Quotes The President Without Including The Full Context Of His Remarks Distinguishing Al Qaeda From Saddam. The Washington Post: "On Sept. 25, 2002, just days after the CIA received the source's information, President Bush told reporters: 'Al-Qaeda hides. Saddam doesn't, but the danger is, is that they work in concert. The danger is, is that al-Qaeda becomes an extension of Saddam's madness and his hatred and his capacity to extend weapons of mass destruction around the world. ... [Y]ou can't distinguish between al-Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror.'" (Walter Pincus, "CIA Learned in '02 That Bin Laden Had No Iraq Ties, Report Says," The Washington Post, 9/15/06)
The Full Context Of The President's Quote Shows That He Was NOT Drawing An Operational Link Between Al Qaeda And Saddam But Was Making The Point That Both Posed Threats To The World. QUESTION: "Mr. President, do you believe that Saddam Hussein is a bigger threat to the United States than al Qaeda?" THE PRESIDENT: "That's a - that is an interesting question. I'm trying to think of something humorous to say. But I can't when I think about al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. They're both risks, they're both dangerous. The difference, of course, is that al Qaeda likes to hijack governments. Saddam Hussein is a dictator of a government. Al Qaeda hides, Saddam doesn't, but the danger is, is that they work in concert. The danger is, is that al Qaeda becomes an extension of Saddam's madness and his hatred and his capacity to extend weapons of mass destruction around the world. Both of them need to be dealt with. The war on terror, you can't distinguish between al Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror. And so it's a comparison that is - I can't make because I can't distinguish between the two, because they're both equally as bad, and equally as evil, and equally as destructive." (President George W. Bush, Remarks In A Photo Opportunity With Colombian President Uribe, Washington, DC, 9/25/02)
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