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midnightskiss

3-8-2007 4:55 PM

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midnightskiss says:

words i don't know! look forwards to more, i assure you they're decent, i have a big enough vocabulary and a wide variety of interests. politics, though, i am beginner at!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#ffccff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0d426951-0198-4d66-9b50-c323b37d3a6b/E5169641-F1B9-4EEE-A246-F8E39823FA12/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemic&oldid=109951738" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemic&oldid=109951738" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemic&oldid=109951738"><H1 class="firstHeading">Polemic</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemic&oldid=109951738"><H3 id="siteSub">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemic&oldid=109951738"><DIV id="contentSub">(Redirected from <A title="Polemicist" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemicist&redirect=no">Polemicist</A>)</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemic&oldid=109951738"><I>This article discusses the term "polemic". For the magazine, see <A title="Polemic (Magazine)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polemic_%28Magazine%29" set="yes">Polemic (Magazine)</A>.</I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemic&oldid=109951738"><P><B>Polemics</B> /pəˈlɛmɪks, poʊ-/[puh-<B>lem</B>-iks, poh-] is the practice of disputing or controverting <A title="Religion" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion" set="yes">religious</A>, <A title="Philosophy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy" set="yes">philosophical</A>, or <A title="Politics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics">political</A> matters. As such, a polemic text on a topic is often written specifically to dispute or refute a topic that is widely viewed to be a "<A title="wikt:sacred_cow" class="extiw" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sacred_cow" set="yes">sacred cow</A>" or beyond reproach, in an effort to promote factual awareness.</p> <P>The <A title="Antonym" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonym">antonym</A> of a polemic source is an <A title="Apologetics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologetics">apologia</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemic&oldid=109951738"><P>There are other meanings of the word, as well. Polemic is also a branch of <A title="Theology" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology" set="yes">theology</A>, pertaining to the history or conduct of <A title="Ecclesiology" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiology">ecclesiastical</A> controversy.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemic&oldid=109951738"><P>The word is derived from the Greek word polemikos (πολεµικως) which means warlike<A rel="nofollow" title="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/polemic" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/polemic">[1]</A>. <A title="Plato" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato">Plato</A> uses a character named <A title="Polemarchus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polemarchus">Polemarchus</A> in <A title="Republic (dialogue)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_%28dialogue%29">Plato's Republic</A> as a vehicle to drive forward an ethical debate.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E5169641-F1B9-4EEE-A246-F8E39823FA12/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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