[lbo-talk] Modern reading comprehension via FB

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Oct 3 09:26:19 PDT 2011


On 10/3/2011 9:19 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Oct 3, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Eric Beck wrote:
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>> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Doug Henwood<dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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>>> Cue Carrol Cox, if he's reading this, on why you can't play to the cops this way.
>>
>> "Play off" I can definitely see. "Play to" is way more problematic,
>> though I wouldn't necessarily give it the thunderous Coxian no.
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> There may be some fine people who are cops, but as a social force, yuck. But playing to them - in the sense of pointing out that their pay sucks, they haven't gotten raises in years, and their pensions are under attack - really can't hurt.
>

Probably. But remember it is a crime to lie to the police, and any conversation with a cop is potentially dangerous. That's what more and more attorneys are saying anyhow.

Carrol



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