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Two Wikipedia opinion sonnets linked by "civility"

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{WPO.001.01} ____ PRETEND "IGNORE ALL RULES" somewhere applied.
{WPO.001.02} ____ Just humor me — we know it never does.
{WPO.001.03} ____ (By now a hundred people have decried
{WPO.001.04} ____ the format of this piece. A thousand "Huh?"s.)

{WPO.001.05} ____ Don't underline, or bold, ALL CAP, or rhyme!
{WPO.001.06} ____ Don't add subtopics when the topics shift!
{WPO.001.07} ____ To make talk quick-to-skim would be a crime!
{WPO.001.08} ____ It's never done that way! Don't get us miffed!

{WPO.001.09} ____ To not talk like we do is to DISRUPT
{WPO.001.10} ____ the habits we have long adapted to!
{WPO.001.11} ____ To place your words like that is to corrupt
{WPO.001.12} ____ old standards of community toward new!

{WPO.001.13} ____ RIGHT HERE is where CIVILITY kicks in:
{WPO.001.14} ____ TO YELL at talking diff'rently's a sin.

{WPO.002.01} ____ CIVILITY'S A RUBBER BALL in play.
{WPO.002.02} ____ (Sweet pup's new manifesto chews and barks.)
{WPO.002.03} ____ Too often a sly weapon, some well say.
{WPO.002.04} ____ Yes, master baiters often seek good marks.

{WPO.002.05} ____ BUT AS OBAMA FOUND when he slung "lie" —
{WPO.002.06} ____ the echo did not serve to make his case.
{WPO.002.07} ____ Desire to issue bullshit firm goodbye
{WPO.002.08} ____ should not tempt those with wisdom from wise grace.

{WPO.002.09} ____ OUR EDUCATION does not serve us well.
{WPO.002.10} ____ The president's degrees seemed to have missed
{WPO.002.11} ____ the tactical of RHETORIC. Can't sell
{WPO.002.12} ____ one's case to anyone whom you've just dissed.

{WPO.002.13} ____ "Death panels" could be mocked with smiling wit.
{WPO.002.14} ____ No need when gasoline gets poured it's lit.

-- Proofreader77 (talk) 05:48, 23 September 2009 (UTC)