Thursday, October 1, 2009

SATIRE IN THE ONION!!!!

First of all, I love the Onion. It’s such a good magazine. This satirical article is obviously sarcastic because any man would know that education, questioning, and facts are needed to survive in life. As a child, curiosity consumes the minds and questions are sparked. Asking questions doesn’t necessarily mean one is ignorant, only that one is curious. Without questioning things, nothing would ever get discovered. No opinions would be tested, and everything would be boring. Opinions wouldn’t even exist without questions. Everything we have today wouldn’t be possible without the education of the people. Planes require engineering, writing classes are necessary for authors, and the science class is needed for life. Science is the basis of everything we know. Taking science out of school systems means taking the most important knowledge out of people’s lives. Not all science is important, but the science that is, is a crucial part of life. Low paying jobs usually have uneducated and unqualified people serving as workmen. An education leads to higher paying jobs that can produce more of the brilliant workmen of the world. The extremities of satire in this article is used in such a convincing manner that a person who doesn’t know what satire is would think it was completely genuine.

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