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					Originally Posted by  Alex
					 
				 
				The inauguration is not a dialog it is a elevation of honors (to Obama and to the people he selects for it) 
			
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 I'm not so sure about that - this is all part of the political dance and display of symbols. Perhaps not a dialog in a literal sense, but certainly a semiotic conversation is happening.