Found at ZMKC, a brief blog post about the overuse of the word, “passion.” A quote:
You might even say that I agree passionately – that I agree 110%. I very nearly agree enough to use an exclamation mark. But there are limits.
Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2011 James Ament From The Harold Scotland, Margaret Atwood offers stories from a different world, an article by Alan Taylor:
How many Margaret Atwoods are there?
Best known as a novelist, she is also a prolific poet and fecund short story writer. On top of which she has written numerous non-fiction books, seven children’s books, a play and TV scripts. She edits anthologies, and blogs, tweets and criss-crosses the globe in search of adventure or enlightenment or to add lustre to literary festivals.
Philosophy professor Alexander Pruss has some interesting thoughts on the sin of detraction. His introductory paragraph:
Both the Catholic and the Jewish traditions talk of the sin of detraction. Jewish tradition calls this lashon hara`—the evil tongue. Both traditions distinguish detraction from slander. In detraction, one discloses, without sufficient moral reason, the faults of another and one speaks the truth (or what one thinks is the truth). In slander, one makes negative remarks about another that are false (or that one doesn’t think are true).
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