the new limits of "novel" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Mon Mar 28 22:03:22 UTC 2011
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>
> I don't want to think so. Surely the boundary between "fiction" and
"drama"
> is still widely recognized. It's easier to assume that somebody at CNN
just
> didn't know what he was talking about.
>
" It's easier to assume that somebody at [any given media or internet
outlet; a political office; anyplace with a microphone or keyboard] just
didn't know what he was talking about."
I propose this as Lighter's Law.
I predict it will zoom past Murphy's in importance as the years go by.
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