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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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