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Thread #64556   Message #1056204
Posted By: greg stephens
18-Nov-03 - 10:22 AM
Thread Name: BS: Paradox and irony
Subject: RE: BS: Paradox and irony
And specifically on the health food example: if something is marketed as a health food, and is actually toxic, that is definitely ironic. Particularly if it were to damage the person making the claim that it was good for you. But it wouldnt be at all ironic if you died from mistaking a poisonous toadstool for an adible mushroom. That would just be a tragedy. Though it would, of course, be ironic if the person who died of the poison actually made a living making TV programmes and writing books about the virtues of living on produce gathered from the wild.
Oooooh: doesnt it get complicated.