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04-03-2008, 10:39 AM
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| |  The War on Snow
I think we, Americans, (or at least the American media), are a little too obsessed with using violent or "fighting" words to describe everyday situations/issues. Think about how many times you've heard one of the following:
the FIGHT against obesity
the WAR against heart disease
the BATTLE between the sexes
Well, last night I heard a new one...and I SWEAR, the news reporter was not meaning to be sarcastic or facetious. They were talking about the record snowfalls we've had in the Northeast this year, and described snow removal efforts as, and I quote, "the WAR on snow."
Umm...let me put on my kevlar vest and get ready for those darn flakes! LOL |
04-03-2008, 11:27 AM
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Nic,
I'm from the Northeast too, and I agree with the news person...It is time we have war on snow. I am so sick of winter this year I could just PUKE!!!!!!! Oh Joy we are getting hit with an ice storm Tues- Wed.....UGH!!!!!
Someone please send sunshine....... |
04-03-2008, 03:05 PM
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Sending some sunshine from sunny warm Australia...  |
05-03-2008, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by empowered  Sending some sunshine from sunny warm Australia... | We could send you four seasons in one day from Melbourne  |
05-03-2008, 12:54 PM
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I also live in the NEastern US in upstate NY. As I listen to the rain, sleet, freezing rain fall out the window and type this I have to laugh. I teach weather to my students as part of the curriculum. We, THEY try to predict "SNOW DAYS". I always hear them on wunderground.com looking up the weather maps and argueing, "no she said you have to have atleast 4 L's. Ha Ha
Last friday at school I put on the blackboard "Snow Day Tomorrow".
They slowly caught on - "Hey - tomorrows Saturday there isn't school"
My reply, "If I have to start up the snowblower it's a snow day to me." |
05-03-2008, 02:45 PM
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I'm taking advantage of the snow we got today, and going to try and snowboard again. I hate cold weather and don't like driving in it. But I found a new hobby so this will get my mind off of the bad weather for awhile.
Peace
Tammy |
05-03-2008, 03:00 PM
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"Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
William Shakespeare, Hamlet |
05-03-2008, 05:38 PM
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nic, if it's a war they want you'd better build an army of snowmen soldiers right quick!!! |
05-03-2008, 09:56 PM
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a few thermacite blocks should do the job, youll soon get rid of the snow and the concrete and...
but language is dangerous stuff, there seem to be crusades wars and fights against and such like in a lot of news stories, i think that the sensationalism of the press has got used to using these words without thinking about what they actually mean, news headline the war against( insert) the battle against (insert) all very bad use of language, there are a lot of studies in anthropology and such which i wont go into, but the use of language is reflective of subconcious mental attitudes towards things, the use of war battle crusade are all conflict terms, you are with us or against us type language, they also carry a different message to people not from the social of national group in which such terms have become commonplace, as for a war on snow, that is a good example of the bad use of language, |
06-03-2008, 02:18 AM
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Upstream, you and I think alike. I was just getting a visual of that. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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