http://rhetorica.net/archives/879.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://rhetorica.net/archives/879.html/comment-page-1#comment-425 Alexander Sat, 01 Mar 2003 07:15:23 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=879#comment-425 While no doubt money is a driving force, I think perhaps the "problem" is not as much money and anger as such a sloppy notion of the meaning of words. Hence the meaning of dogma is attached to ideology, the meaning of hysteria is attached to patriotism and so forth. Maybe these 'entertainers' are actually trapped by an imprecise language that does not afford them the ability to logically or reasonably express their 'views'. Perhaps the language is so sloppy that thinking is corrupted far before expression occurs. While no doubt money is a driving force, I think perhaps the “problem” is not as much money and anger as such a sloppy notion of the meaning of words. Hence the meaning of dogma is attached to ideology, the meaning of hysteria is attached to patriotism and so forth. Maybe these ‘entertainers’ are actually trapped by an imprecise language that does not afford them the ability to logically or reasonably express their ‘views’. Perhaps the language is so sloppy that thinking is corrupted far before expression occurs.

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