Tag: satire
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You again?
I’ve been in human resources for almost eight years at the company, and I’ve handled everything from embezzlement, workplace affairs and wrongful terminations. But nothing, and I mean nothing, could have prepared…
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The line between freedoms of speech, religion and belief
According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, satire is “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize a people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary…
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How to think and talk about Brantford
(The following is a sarcasm-laden satirical piece inspired by Binyawanga Wainaina’s “How to Write about Africa,” published in Granta 92) When you picture Brantford, confine your imagination to the immediate downtown area.…
