Posted by zeugma on September 3, 2005, at 21:58:38 [reposted on September 4, 2005, at 15:49:59 | original URL]
In reply to Re: hyperbole link » zeugma, posted by crushedout on September 3, 2005, at 20:03:00
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> i actually don't see how it's an understatement, except insomuch as the devastation is so bad that no words could adequately convey it.
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> i agree that "hitler was not very nice" is an understatement, though.i meant that use of the term 'melodrama' to describe what has been happening is an understatement.
-z
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