That’s not irony. It would be ironic had he been meeting with an anti-abortion group. Irony is when the opposite of what you expect happens; an incongruency. Not trying to be a pedant, but this isn’t surprising or ironic. It’s par for the course.
Andrew - 09:03pm on 03/10/2008
Andrew, you’re looking at this wrong. The unexpected part was that he got caught on the hooker thing. The abortion part was expected.
Rob - 09:03pm on 03/10/2008
Yeah, I guess from that perspective it is a bit ironic. Don’t think its the best example of irony,though. Now if you were to argue that it was ironic that he was caught for this prostitution scandal even though he campaigned on ending political corruption, I would definately agree with you that it’s very ironic. The fact that he was meeting with an anti-abortion group when the story broke… not so much. But the important part is that a scumbag was exposed for what he is.
Andrew - 10:03pm on 03/10/2008
No, Andrew got it right. He beat me to the punch. You don’t know what irony is Rob.
The unexpected part was that he got caught on the hooker thing. The abortion part was expected.
Hmm. But in your post you said:
So it’s ironic that Sptizer was meeting with a pro-abortion group the morning the shoe dropped on his prostitution scandal, but not all that surprising.
So how can something be unexpected, but not all that surprising? That is a blatant contradiction.
You used the word wrong, just admit it. Nobody is going to hold it against you.
That’s not irony. It would be ironic had he been meeting with an anti-abortion group. Irony is when the opposite of what you expect happens; an incongruency. Not trying to be a pedant, but this isn’t surprising or ironic. It’s par for the course.
Andrew, you’re looking at this wrong. The unexpected part was that he got caught on the hooker thing. The abortion part was expected.
Yeah, I guess from that perspective it is a bit ironic. Don’t think its the best example of irony,though. Now if you were to argue that it was ironic that he was caught for this prostitution scandal even though he campaigned on ending political corruption, I would definately agree with you that it’s very ironic. The fact that he was meeting with an anti-abortion group when the story broke… not so much. But the important part is that a scumbag was exposed for what he is.
No, Andrew got it right. He beat me to the punch. You don’t know what irony is Rob.
Hmm. But in your post you said:
So it’s ironic that Sptizer was meeting with a pro-abortion group the morning the shoe dropped on his prostitution scandal, but not all that surprising.
So how can something be unexpected, but not all that surprising? That is a blatant contradiction.
You used the word wrong, just admit it. Nobody is going to hold it against you.