Every now and then, I like to check CNN.com to keep myself updated on wordly news. Usually I find myself just browsing the health section for interesting news. But today when I opened the home page, one headline caught my attention. It was entitled Bush On Iraq: 'We're Kicking Ass. Being President of the United States, I thought this was an odd thing for him to say openly in an interview, hence my reading of the article. It claimed that Bush reportedly said that comment to Australia Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile. While most people agree Bush is human, this is somewhat out of form for him. Then this got me thinking about the connotation and dennotation of words we talked about in class on Tuesday. The dennotation of the comment is obviously that the war in Iraq is under control. However he has stated this many times, but never in this manner. The connotation is that Bush could possibly want to show more control of the situation, so instead of acting polite he swears to sound "mature". This may be an odd way of showing control, but acutally swearing to get attention is pretty common. For example, I know I do it when I'm fighting with my parents or in situations where I want attention. Clearly Bush was out of line by saying that to a world leader, but I'm sure it was an isolated incident.
2 comments:
I definitely agree with you. I think that the president of the United States should never use any kind of swearing, especially if he is talking about a situation involving a war. Swearing to sound more 'mature' is something that teenagers do, and I dont think that President Bush should be talking about "kicking ass" in Iraq.
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