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Literature / Re: Satoshi Itoh - Harmony
« on: July 25, 2013, 02:07:56 pm »
Well, you should find and read the book then, Callan, because that is precisely Itoh's argument, not mine own.
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In the show The West Wing Toby Ziegler and Josh Lyman obsess over every word and turn of phrase, not just because of political implications but because wordcraft is a little like mind-control: if you say the right things with the right timing, you can actually yoke the listener's brain into a particular emotional state.
Some of the best orators in contemporary times are comedians. A lot of George Carlin's later stuff was just political rhetoric dressed up with some humorous asides. He was a master of repetition, timing and cadence.