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2010-02-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syria shuns IAEA call for more inspectors access

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Posted by Fred 2010-02-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 "Shuns"? What is this, a Lancaster County barn raising?

I wonder if the headline-writer is aware that the verb has an implication of inability to refuse on the part of the subject? Shunning is a refusal to recognize; it's what a person or congregation does to a violator of customs where said person or congregation has no legal recourse, and is morally enjoined from harming the violator by nonlegal means.

In other words, that usage suggests that Syria has no power to keep the IAEA inspectors out. This is almost certainly not true, and thus the headline is misleading.

No biscuit.

Posted by Mitch H. 2010-02-21 20:20|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2010-02-21 20:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Let the Israelis know what you got. They can handle it from there.

Posted by tu3031 2010-02-21 22:26|| 2010-02-21 22:26|| Front Page Top

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