Re: hyperbole
Hi, Sandra, At 05:43 AM 8/19/2004, you wrote: Some more hyperbole for you... Pygmies being eaten by rebels in Congo's ongoing war, UN reveals The exaggeration I had in mind was not the cannibalism itself. It was the use of what would, from a logical standpoint, be referred to as hasty generalization (they) which seems somewhat hyperbolic to me. Mark A. Foster * http://markfoster.net Sacred cows make the best hamburger -- Mark Twain and Abbie Hoffman __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hyperbole,
Dear Mark, Well Merriam-Webster (you know her, I'm sure... one of my dearest friends!) says: hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration (as mile-high ice-cream cones) So my conclusion is that the hyperbole would be in the WHAT [cannibalism] not the WHO [Africans]. In the quotes from SAQ, Abdu'l-Baha qualifies the WHO as those who become(s) bestial; under the rule of nature; then, but men, in the Sudan - WHO -some men, WHERE? Sudan. He is not saying everyone in that particular place does this... By naming the WHERE, He grants the hearer with enough information to verify His statement. A man who has not had a spiritual education is a brute. Now, this MAY be a slight generalization... I've known a few men who were exposed to a spiritual education and were still brutes. The remainder of that quote could be a reference back to the earlier more specific statement. The SDC quote might be a little problematic, when one thinks of our own efforts to uplift the social and economic needs in 3rd world countries. It's back to purity of motive ... I think. Lovingly, Sandra __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hyperbole
Sacred cows make the best hamburger Hasan wrote: This could be a hyperbole for people who eat meat. You wrote: Even more so for vegetarians. ;-) Hi Mark, Wouldn't that be satire -coming from a vegetarian? Merriam says: satire: 1 : a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn 2 : trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly Lovingly, Sandra __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hyperbole,
Dear Khazeh, I wonder if you might talk to us a bit about the terminologies used in SDC and some of its connotations. I'm thinking of the passages which Abdu'l-Baha translates as savages, brute, etc.? warmest, Susan __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hyperbole,
Hi, Sandra, At 03:06 AM 8/20/2004, you wrote: So my conclusion is that the hyperbole would be in the WHAT [cannibalism] not the WHO [Africans]. What I suggested is that the hyperbole was the sweeping generalization made about the Sudanese. Mark A. Foster * http://markfoster.net Sacred cows make the best hamburger -- Mark Twain and Abbie Hoffman __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hyperbole
Sandra, At 04:53 AM 8/20/2004, you wrote: Wouldn't that be satire -coming from a vegetarian? I agree it is also satire. However, I think it is also hyperbolic. The idea of not eating meat is exaggerated by pointing to the idea of sacred cows. Mark A. Foster * http://markfoster.net Sacred cows make the best hamburger -- Mark Twain and Abbie Hoffman __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hyperbole
Dear Mark, Some more hyperbole for you... Pygmies being eaten by rebels in Congo's ongoing war, UN reveals The Scotsman - January 9, 2003 http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=25452003 still... Lovingly, Sandra __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
