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I love how article titles obfuscate the "is" of equation in that statement. By saying "decision = ridiculous" the only argument someone could have is "is not" t
by lowmagnet 11y ago
I love how article titles obfuscate the "is" of equation in that statement. By saying "decision = ridiculous" the only argument someone could have is "is not" to counter it.
The article's first line states it more as a matter of Hammond's opinion:
> The UK foreign secretary has branded as "ridiculous" a UN panel's ruling that Julian Assange be allowed to go free
- chillydawg 11y agoThe foreign secretary is an extremely senior post in the government. If he says something like that publicly, it pretty much is, de facto, the opinion of the government.
- talideon 11y agoFirst up, dropping copulas is pretty common practice in new headlines. There's no loss in information or any obfuscation. Hammond made a statement, thus the 'says' in the headline. 'Branding' is attaching a label or description (such as 'ridiculous') to something. If somebody were to make the statement 'that car is fantastic', then they would be branding it as fantastic. Both the sentences 'X branded the car as fantastic' and '"the car is fantastic", said X', would be equally valid statement. I think you're reading into all this far, far too much.