The first entry Google gives me for authority is “the power or right to give orders”, which is presented as a single definition but which is clearly two very different concepts lumped together. Carlin’s quote and your parody each seem to be focusing on only one or the other half of that definition, but he does so in a way intended to highlight the distinction whereas you seem to be doing so in a way which hides it.
The first entry Google gives me for authority is “the power or right to give orders”, which is presented as a single definition but which is clearly two very different concepts lumped together. Carlin’s quote and your parody each seem to be focusing on only one or the other half of that definition, but he does so in a way intended to highlight the distinction whereas you seem to be doing so in a way which hides it.