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Well, if it wasn't, surely there was a ready remedy. Let Wright simply quote some of that omitted context -- the parts that softened those searing words. The part, for instance, where he went on to say, "Now, my friends, that of course isn't my whole view of America. Our country has done many good things." But he didn't tell Moyers about that part -- for the very good reason that it isn't there. The omitted "context" simply doesn't exist, and Wright is lying when he suggests that it does.

A "context" can also be an occasion.

You can say the same thing at a political rally and a sports rally -- "Tear them limb from limb!" -- and it can mean two different things.

A lot of the time, "I was taken out of context" means "Things I said privately have been made public and treated as if I said them to a crowd."

Look at the instant messaging scandal in Detroit for examples.

It doesn't look like that helps Rev. Wright much, though.

[Califreak]

>A lot of the time, “I was taken out of context” means “Things I said privately have been made public and treated as if I said them to a crowd.”<

Whitey was never supposed to hear it!