English, 08.10.2019 22:30 itskarmaboo

Clever wordsmiths that we are, we often cloak our actions in words and phrases to hide their impact or to mitigate and alleviate blame. centuries of divine condemnation have made us very sensitive to the rational or irrational consequences of imagined and real culpability. blame can put you in jail, take away your rights, deny you an afterlife, or worse-cause you to change your behavior. which word in the last sentence makes the sentence satirical?

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