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“Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses”
“Some of those that burn crosses are the same that hold office“ always felt a tinge more poignant.
This line never made grammatical sense to me… in my head I hear “some of those ‘at work’ forces…”
Who the fuck "works forces"? That line's been bothering me since the first Matrix movie.
It's just poor grammar; put together for a snappy lyric, and everybody repeats this selfsame line on every single ACAB thread without even thinking about it.
Fuck!
Won’t somebody please think of the grammar nazis!
I'm disappointed in you; posting one thing, getting a reply, and then changing your original post to taint the meaning of the reply. Is that how your mama taught you to debate online?
Police
Did you read my whole diatribe or just react to the first five words?
Maybe I'm the one that can't read English. Can you point out to me, where exactly within the definition you linked to me does it say the proper pronoun to refer to these bastards is 'force-worker'?
What I'm saying is that the grammar is fucked. Nobody says, 'Remember Ted? He works forces now.' No, they'll say, 'Remember Ted? He's a fuckin' pig now.'
I read the whole diatribe at least three times before responding.
The grammar pedantry is just silly, it's fucking song lyrics, have you listened to music before? Read a poem? Liberties are taken, and that's that.
the reason the line is repeated so often is because it is unique and atypical (deriving from its "poor grammar"), and therefore recognizable
Try it out - "some cops are kkk members." Not as catchy or iconic, sorry.
All they had to add was the word "in"; barely a silly bull
"Some of those that work in forces, are the same that burn crosses"
But noooo that would be too much work!
Well, let me tell you sonny jim, no revolution is won by laziness! Anyone whose played Dance Dance Revolution can tell you thate
Are you trying to be amusing here? Because it's not working.
Did you just end a sentence with a presupposition, knave?
Having the wrong meter is worse than having colloquial grammar.
"Working the forces" is a colloquial way to refer to doing police work. It's just missing a "the", calm down.
Armed forces, police etc
Jedi
True, and even that Kyle Wren guy's lightsaber was a burning cross; I think we're on to something here
Cops are the "forces"
I'm sorry this is so lame
Apology accepted
That's a feature with poetry all over: twisting grammar to make the content fit the line. "Some of those that work on the police forces" just doesn't fit as well. It gets the point across anyway, so what's the issue?