So my first thoughts reading Lakoff was I'd rather be reading Ramage. However, I have to say that there are a lot of god points in The Language War. One part I liked was The Stories that make the news. We talked about that in class, specifically about Anna Nicole and how everyone is always looking for the next best thing. Starting off with this definately grabbed my attention, especially after that dry introduction. As I was reading I began to think more and more about the paper we just wrote and how if I had read that introduction beforehand, maybe my paper would look better. J/k, my paper is...my paper. I also liked when Lakoff talks about apologies and it made me think about how much people really mean it when they apologies. I thought about whether or not I really mean it when I apologize. To be honest, a lot of the time I apologize because I'm supposed to so whether or not I feel sorry doesn't matter because apologizing is what's suppose to be done.
"Neutrality is advantageous only if it can be exploited and extended into an effective means of persuasion." Thankyou Lakoff for making me regret, already, having to read this book. I'm going to leave it at that.
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