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The real causes of terrorism are not poverty and oppression per se, but rather the bankruptcy of materialist ideologies, like Neo-Conservatism, which promise much but deliver little. The central doctrine of Neo-Conservatism is “democratic capitalism.” This is the ultimate oxymoron, because in practice the political pluralism that should underlie democracy cannot exist in a climate of economic plutocracy. Political monopoly and economic monopoly are two sides of the same coin, two heads of the same monster. Despite all the claims to the contrary, the essential ideology of Neo-Conservatism is to preserve the status quo, with all of its injustices. Its public relations experts call for “freedom and democracy” without a framework of higher values. They fail to comprehend the need for a paradigm of justice and therefore are blind to what concerns most of the people in the world. This failure is the taproot of terrorism. [“The Taproot of Terrorism,” June 2, 2005.]

Crane, Dr. Robert D.

<SilverStr> media ethics is an oxymoron, much like Jumbo Shrimp and

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<MonkAway> not to mention NT Security

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Catproof is an oxymoron, childproof nearly so.

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  "A unified, neutral Germany? Given that nation's heritage, such a

  phrase may prove to be the oxymoron of the decade." -Kevin M.

  Matarese, Fulda, West Germany; as seen in "Letters", Time

  magazine, p. 5, March 5, 1990.

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  The good oxymoron, to define it by a self-illustration, must be a

  planned inadvertency. -Wilson Follett

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  "Professional certification for car people may sound like an

  oxymoron." -The Wall Street Journal, page B1, Tuesday, July 17,

  1990.

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<Silvrbear> Oxymorons?  I saw one yesterday - the pamphlet on "Taco Bell

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