Comments on: holy hyperbole! http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2008/09/05/holy-hyperbole/ Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:58:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katie http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2008/09/05/holy-hyperbole/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Katie Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:19:17 +0000 http://rhetoricalcommons.org/harlot/?p=195#comment-80 I'm sorry, but I still think causing earthquakes is a more impressive claim! I’m sorry, but I still think causing earthquakes is a more impressive claim!

]]> By: Tim http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2008/09/05/holy-hyperbole/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Tim Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:48:44 +0000 http://rhetoricalcommons.org/harlot/?p=195#comment-79 <p>Sorry, Katie, but the hyper-hyperbole of the night was won by Cindy McCain who said, "It's no surprise that Americans are the most generous people in history."</p> <p>Where does one go from there? </p> <p>How do you even measure that? One friend of mine replied, "Well, economically speaking, we are." But generosity has never been measured in sheer output -- there are too many other factors involved.</p> <p>For example, when someone is cold and you offer them a blanket, it's considered generous. When you've purposely contaminated that blanket with smallpox so that it infects and kills the recipient of it . . . not so generous. Genocidal, though.</p> Sorry, Katie, but the hyper-hyperbole of the night was won by Cindy McCain who said, “It’s no surprise that Americans are the most generous people in history.”

Where does one go from there?

How do you even measure that? One friend of mine replied, “Well, economically speaking, we are.” But generosity has never been measured in sheer output — there are too many other factors involved.

For example, when someone is cold and you offer them a blanket, it’s considered generous. When you’ve purposely contaminated that blanket with smallpox so that it infects and kills the recipient of it . . . not so generous. Genocidal, though.

]]> By: Kaitlin http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2008/09/05/holy-hyperbole/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Kaitlin Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:28:49 +0000 http://rhetoricalcommons.org/harlot/?p=195#comment-78 Oh my god, that <i>is</i> awesome. My favorite phrase "she even drives herself to work." Um, yeah. Along with the majority of American commuters each workday. If you really wanted to appeal to independents and left-leaners then tell me you bike or, for heaven's sake, snow-mobile to work. You're in Alaska; you could snow-mobile. Oh my god, that is awesome. My favorite phrase “she even drives herself to work.” Um, yeah. Along with the majority of American commuters each workday. If you really wanted to appeal to independents and left-leaners then tell me you bike or, for heaven’s sake, snow-mobile to work. You’re in Alaska; you could snow-mobile.

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