I did honestly think he should have said, "Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, all varieties of other believers and non-believers."
Of course, rhetorically, disrupting "the rule of three" by having the last component non-parallel to the other two is more effective in emphasizing the last component, but it does leave out a huge chunk of the population.
I'm surprised there isn't more chatter too about the Benediction's implicit indictment of whites who "will embrace what is right" (i.e., they don't now, but will in the future, as opposed to "white will keep on the path of right" or something similar).
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Date: 2009-01-21 11:53 pm (UTC)Of course, rhetorically, disrupting "the rule of three" by having the last component non-parallel to the other two is more effective in emphasizing the last component, but it does leave out a huge chunk of the population.
I'm surprised there isn't more chatter too about the Benediction's implicit indictment of whites who "will embrace what is right" (i.e., they don't now, but will in the future, as opposed to "white will keep on the path of right" or something similar).