{"id":3053,"date":"2009-04-19T07:54:44","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T12:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=3053"},"modified":"2009-04-19T08:28:28","modified_gmt":"2009-04-19T13:28:28","slug":"reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2009\/04\/19\/reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"reflection…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Main Entry<\/u>: re·flect<\/strong>
Pronunciation<\/u>: \\ri-\u00cb\u02c6flekt\\
Function<\/u>: verb<\/em>
Etymology<\/u>: Middle English, from Latin reflectere<\/em> to bend back, from re-<\/em> + flectere<\/em> to bend
Date<\/u>: 15th century<\/p>\n

transitive verb:<\/em><\/div>\n
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    archaic<\/em> to turn into or away from a course: deflect<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    to prevent passage of and cause to change direction <a mirror reflects<\/em> light><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  3. \n
    to bend or fold back<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  4. \n
    to give back or exhibit as an image, likeness, or outline <the clouds were reflected<\/em> in the water><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  5. \n
    to bring or cast as a result <his attitude reflects<\/em> little credit on his judgment><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  6. \n
    to make manifest or apparent <the painting reflect>s<\/em> his artistic vision> <the pulse reflects<\/em> the condition of the heart><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  7. \n
    realize, consider<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    intransitive verb<\/em><\/div>\n
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    1. \n
      to throw back light or sound<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    2. \n
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        to think quietly and calmly<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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        to express a thought or opinion resulting from reflection<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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          to tend to bring reproach or discredit <an investigation that reflects<\/em> on all the members of the department><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
        • \n
          to bring about a specified appearance or characterization <an act which reflects<\/em> well on her><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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          to have a bearing or influence<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

          At the risk of extreme pedantry, the distinction between transitive<\/strong><\/em> and intransitive<\/strong><\/em> verbs has a meaning worth considering in our thoughts about the Torture Memos. A transitive<\/strong><\/em> verb has an object eg <a mirror reflects<\/em> light>. An intransitive verb<\/em><\/strong> has no object. It is an action performed by the subject, but performed on nothing else. In a sense, reflect<\/strong> is a perfect example. In it’s second meaning, it means look in the mirror and think about what you see. My previous posts about those Torture Memos are about looking at what they<\/u> did and what to do about them<\/u>. I make no apology about that. Something needs to be done.<\/p>\n

          But what about us. What have we done to contribute to the intense hatred expressed in the 9\/11 attack, the fury of the Jihadists, the state of our relationships with the Arab world? What have we done to produce the possibility of a Bush Administration, an American government capable of doing the kinds of things that went on in the last eight years? I don’t want to think about that, but it’s a reasonable request…<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Main Entry: re·flect Pronunciation: \\ri-\u00cb\u02c6flekt\\ Function: verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin reflectere to bend back, from re- + flectere to bend Date: 15th century transitive verb: archaic to turn into or away from a course: deflect to prevent passage of and cause to change direction <a mirror reflects light> to bend or fold back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}