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Old 11-09-2010 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by acl65pilot
DAL88 I agree with you too on some level, I just prefer to leave the rhetoric out of it. People turn that sort of stuff out real quickly.
From dictionary.com: Rhetoric -(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.


Stating your objectives in a clear and compelling manner is not rhetoric. Applying the rhetoric label to someone with whom you disagree on an issue, though, could easily be interpreted as an attempt to discredit that person without having to debate the issue at hand.

Last edited by DAL 88 Driver; 11-09-2010 at 06:58 PM. Reason: clarification