This is not, surely, mere mindless cruelty – it expresses a deep belief that Northern Ireland is not "us", that what happens "over there" is not our responsibility.
Even Stefan Zweig's superb story "The Royal Game" seems to be evoked here for that reason: a man who keeps himself sane in solitude by playing mental chess against himself is not, surely, to be compared to an automaton?
As I Lay Dying may be the most original novel ever written by an American.' This is a grand claim indeed, but its implication is clear: this is not, surely, a fiction that can be 'plagiarised'plagiarised
It is not, surely, the degree of pain, but the absence, in the latter case, of any hope of recovery — the sense that there is no point in bearing the pain, because there is no expectation of anything in the future.
His only hope of eventual re-employment in football, at this point, is not, surely, his future father-in-law's website, but either a) an open letter from Naomi Wolf, feminist and champion of Julian Assange, or b) an appearance by Whoopi Goldberg protesting that Evans's was not "rape-rape".
Evolution is not surely proven because nothing in science will ever be proven, as the scientific method means that a better alternative to evolution may be found.
