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Which One is the Non-Person?

June 25, 2007
11:38 AM

I read in today’s Irish Times, on a report on the Salthill Air Show by John Fallon, that a door from a helicopter fell into the crowd as it was taking off.
This, according to Mr. Fallon, injured three people;
“A man, a Polish national and two women”
Heaven forfend that, in this day and age, one, or either, of the women would have become a non-person and, surely the policy of racial intergration practiced by the IT would never demote a Polish National so .
The only possible non-person therefore was the man.

Comments

  1. dee

    on June 26, 2007

    Do you not think the sentence is explaining that the man was a polish national? that there really were only 3 involved. Strange then that the women’s nationalities are not important?

  2. Rich

    on June 26, 2007

    That sounds like the aggressive panda who eats, shoots, and leaves.

  3. Head-the-Ball

    on July 1, 2007

    “For Sale: 2 antique mahogany diningtables, to seat 12 people with square legs or 14 people with round legs.”

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