Hyperbole has a function.
On Nov 21, 12:09 pm, CrossBow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The paper itself offered numerous viable solutions/alternatives to total
> doom and destruction. I'm happy it is out because it looks like a good
> paper and maybe more will show up like it to galvanize action if not
> terror. The reporter, histrionic messenger that he is, did us a favor by
> getting us to look at it. He should have used the summary at the end to
> show the path toward recovery...tsk tsk;)
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> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > <<and of course, scientific papers are less histrionic than most
> > other types of writing...It is convention>>
>
> > It's also more accurate. The headline of the article you linked to
> > said "little hope of continuing life on Earth." That's crap and not a
> > mere layman's interpretation of the article.- Hide quoted text -
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