http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2009/06/30/rhetoric-quote-of-the-week/ A revealing look at the arts of persuasion Mon, 07 May 2012 13:19:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2009/06/30/rhetoric-quote-of-the-week/#comment-3673 Jim Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:42:14 +0000 http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/?p=1108#comment-3673 He was in the Predator and the Terminator, why not the Persuadinator? Or the Rhetoricianator? Ok, those sound lame. But what about the Identificationator? We need a movie to make the arts of persuasion sexy. Oh, wait: how about Thank You for Smoking? or maybe Wag the Dog? only where the persuasion comes across as ethical and helpful rather than sleazy, cheap, and immoral? That would be awesome. He was in the Predator and the Terminator, why not the Persuadinator? Or the Rhetoricianator? Ok, those sound lame. But what about the Identificationator? We need a movie to make the arts of persuasion sexy. Oh, wait: how about Thank You for Smoking? or maybe Wag the Dog? only where the persuasion comes across as ethical and helpful rather than sleazy, cheap, and immoral? That would be awesome.

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