Date:  Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:08:21 -0400
From:  Brenda Lester <brenles[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CODY.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>
Subject: Re: HBO and TV

"He ain't heavy; he's my brother."


On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Larry Horn wrote:

> Re Barry's
>
> "GARTH LIVE FROM CENTRAL PARK
> >>Thursday, August 7, 8 PM ET/PT
> >>HBO
> >>IT'S NOT TV. IT'S HBO."
> >
> >HBO is not tv?? What is it, a frog?
>
> A common enough ploy, especially in advertising. From my collection (to
> illustrate what I like to call metalinguistic negation):
>
>  It's not a car. It's a Volkswagen.  (commercial and advertisement, 1980's)
>
> Or, more ominously,
>
>  They weren't people, Sir. They were the enemy.
>   (Lt. William Calley, during court-martial for his participation in
>    My Lai massacre.)
>
> --Larry
>