Doctor John <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > 
> >   That expression just sounded like sarcasm to me. I would be surprised
> > if the author wrote it seriously.
> > 

> Not sarcasm, irony; I agree with you however.

  Well, according to the dictionary:

sarcasm:
1.	harsh or bitter derision or irony.
2.	a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark

  I really think in this case "sarcasm" is more appropriate than the
more generic (and often milder) "irony".

  (Yeah, I love semantics. :P )

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                                                          - Warp

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