From a Quote, to a Quote, to a Quote

I found a blog from an American journalist that quoted an article from a Filipino online news network called ABS-CBN. It's just amusing and a little embarassing how a culture (where I came from) tend to make an ass of ourselves by using big words that managed to confused the language whence it came from. I guess we forgot that basic rule of journalism -- the message have to come across to that thing called "readers"...


Monday, November 22, 2004

Great Quotes of History

As a Journalist I am drawn to quotes like this one, which was published in an editorial in a Filipino newspaper over the weekend.

Rarely, if ever, are we wrong; and while it would take only us to point it
out, still we must admit that yesterday’s editorial might be premature
to counsel a resigned acceptance of a flawed but better than nothing House
rationalization of the fiscal incentives bill.

So what's it all about? I have absolutely no idea. What does it mean? Nobody knows. Who would write such a thing? Only a very brilliant or a deeply flawed human being.

I'll use it myself for the next intelligence bill.


posted by john at 2:52 PM

By the way, I read the whole thing and I don't even understand what it is about. If you don't mind let me know what it means.