posted January 10, 2007 06:08 PM            

Is that a rhetorical device you are using there , Chris?

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posted January 12, 2007 04:31 PM            

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Originally posted by ian mcallister:
Oh well thought someone was going to rise to the bait there

ian

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There goes another rhetorical device! Damn! It got me!

posted January 13, 2007 10:13 AM            

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posted January 15, 2007 01:03 PM            

To this and the numerous other topics that have been mentioned
I would add PERSUASION, ADVERTISING, PROPAGANDA, LECTURING, PREACHING
and PROZELYTIZING. Some have somewhat a different set of rules and
protocol, especially if one aims at success. And that is still probably
just the start of the list.

How about LEADERSHIP, for example? One of my more memorable experiences
in my brief and inglorious military career was studying military manuals
and regulations to the point that I was able to write fairly fluently in
their style. I was egged on here by my captain, who was a draftee like
myself, and possessed of an equally weird sense of humor. My
"Announcement for a New Training School for Master Masturbators"
was one of his favorites. Unfortunately, we made
the mistake of posting it on the company bulletin board. We very soon
started to get volunteers asking (seriously) for the application form. We
tore down the posting before word of all this got to headquarters. My guess
was that the volunteers didn't know what the second M word meant, but that
somebody in regimental headquarters might.

That was about 53 years ago, in Korea. To be a bit more up-to-date, I quote
this morning's newspaper. There, George W. Bush says, about sending more troops
to Iraq, "... I have have made my decision. Now we are going to move forward."

Trust me, he might well get an "A" for that in officer's leadership training
school.

Of course, there he could have also added, "Them's my orders from higher up."

Since I was a mere Sergeant by the time I was discharged, and still a Private
at heart, I might well be thinking "Who's WE, Daddy-o?". Alternatively, I might
ponder the Chain of Command in our outfit. But say that aloud or, worse yet, in
print, and there might be hell to pay.

Hey, where am I? Is this the right thread, or have I wandered into other
the territories of politics or religion? Hadn't I better Withdraw this post?

But let's not get started on THERAPY or PENANCE. Just say I'm bushed by now,
and ready for a break... The first rule of communication is, of course, to know
your audience and the language they speak, and I'm still a "newbie" <smiley>
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posted January 15, 2007 08:07 PM            

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Originally posted by Michael Mattias:
I never need to argue because I'm always right.

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You are kidding, right?