Comments on: Sarcasm: the final frontier http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/02/06/sarcasm-the-final-frontier/ "crass, boorish and more a bruiser than blogger" - Alex Wilcock Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:41:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Gavin Whenman http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/02/06/sarcasm-the-final-frontier/#comment-158789 Gavin Whenman Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:48:17 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/02/06/sarcasm-the-final-frontier/#comment-158789 Maybe you should look at, rather than a traffic-light based system of sarcastic policy, moving on to a much more advanced, nuanced and multi-layered coded system of sarcasm warning: * Low - sarcasm is unlikely * Moderate - sarcasm is possible, but not likely * Substantial - sarcasm is a strong possibility * Severe - sarcasm is highly likely * Critical - sarcasm is expected imminently The problem is, of course, that you might breach Crown copyright: http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page45.html Maybe you should look at, rather than a traffic-light based system of sarcastic policy, moving on to a much more advanced, nuanced and multi-layered coded system of sarcasm warning:

* Low - sarcasm is unlikely

* Moderate - sarcasm is possible, but not likely

* Substantial - sarcasm is a strong possibility

* Severe - sarcasm is highly likely

* Critical - sarcasm is expected imminently

The problem is, of course, that you might breach Crown copyright: http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page45.html

]]> By: OneHourAhead http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/02/06/sarcasm-the-final-frontier/#comment-158745 OneHourAhead Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:34:40 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/02/06/sarcasm-the-final-frontier/#comment-158745 oh it stripped my tags, try again incorrectly: sarcasmo>Gordon Brown is bright, witty and erudite and a quite looker to boot</sarcasmo oh it stripped my tags, try again incorrectly:

sarcasmo>Gordon Brown is bright, witty and erudite and a quite looker to boot</sarcasmo

]]> By: OneHourAhead http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/02/06/sarcasm-the-final-frontier/#comment-158744 OneHourAhead Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:32:29 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/02/06/sarcasm-the-final-frontier/#comment-158744 I think the W3C should come out with a HTML tag called Sarcasmo: Gordon Brown is bright, witty and erudite and a quite looker to boot I think the W3C should come out with a HTML tag called Sarcasmo:

Gordon Brown is bright, witty and erudite and a quite looker to boot

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