tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105833259162741247.post1287325312060476804..comments2023-10-02T06:42:19.936-07:00Comments on I Really Don't Have Time to Blog: Is there a context clause?Sue Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13342939305850558827noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105833259162741247.post-16828799863134794072009-06-08T06:19:36.687-07:002009-06-08T06:19:36.687-07:00Oops. Speech. S-p-e-e-c-h. Speech.Oops. Speech. S-p-e-e-c-h. Speech.Sue Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13342939305850558827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105833259162741247.post-26915424136182625212009-06-08T06:17:47.501-07:002009-06-08T06:17:47.501-07:00He could have moved his podium.
Laura Bush gave a...He could have moved his podium.<br /><br />Laura Bush gave a speach from that very same spot, didn't cover the pediment - in the pictures from her speach it is barely noticable in the background.<br /><br />No, he is not speaking from a pulpit, but he is speaking at a Christian institution, and Christian institutions display Christian symbols.Sue Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13342939305850558827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105833259162741247.post-87753862810228354732009-06-07T19:33:33.802-07:002009-06-07T19:33:33.802-07:00Oh, I see your point.
But then, you can tell from...Oh, I see your point.<br /><br />But then, you can tell from the image that the symbols would be right above Obama's head and, since Gaston Hall isn't a church, seeing those symbols on camera might give the impression that he's perhaps speaking from a pulpit when he isn't ... when, in fact, he cannot.Moonshadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277057132720569896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105833259162741247.post-17354642988523442852009-06-07T19:02:53.505-07:002009-06-07T19:02:53.505-07:00That's my point...Does the Obama administratio...That's my point...Does the Obama administration mean to say religious symbols are "out of context" outside of church?<br /><br />Last time I checked, Georgetown was a Roman Catholic university. At least nominally.Sue Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13342939305850558827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105833259162741247.post-6003578861981349662009-06-06T20:52:33.943-07:002009-06-06T20:52:33.943-07:00Came here from Elena's blog ...
What does &qu...Came here from Elena's blog ...<br /><br /><b>What does "out of context" mean? Perhaps they meant to say "out of church"...??</b><br /><br />The hall Obama spoke in (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gaston_hall.JPG" rel="nofollow">Gaston Hall</a>) isn't a church, despite the ornamentation. And despite its resemblance to a typical mega-church, etc.Moonshadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277057132720569896noreply@blogger.com