Metaphors and Religion

You know the war is argument issue? In this case the source domain is the idea of war (where everybody is fighting for their own interests) and the target domain is the practice of argument. This results in people framing thier thoughts during an argument to protect their interests, as if they were in a verbal war.

Well, a religious metaphor might go something like this: the source domain is the idea of a 'reality' (ie: we are children of God, there is a devil, ect...), and the target domain would be life. the results (ideally) are that people treat each other kindly, that people oppose what's evil, etc... The result would be that people frame their thoughts and action based on these realities.

Think about it! It's awesome! Religion provides a set of metaphors to its followers, which can potentially have the best results.

[p.s. I don't know exactly how to expres that idea, did it make sense? Tell me what you think!! (please) this has been whirring in my head all weekend ]

belly dance culture or not?

Hey everyone I was online looking at some videos that my cus. wanted me to review because we both belly dance and I though since this is a language and society class I thought I share what has been claimed as "devil dance" in our house and how she was kicked out because he father my uncle didn't think it was "god like" so maybe you can lend your opinion to this I have attached a very cool video to this and you judge.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Yrq3J372U

I love the way that subaru makes the impression that the car is like a boxer in top shape. It makes you feel as if the car is an athlete and is going to perform for you at the highest level. The other thing this made me think of was the recent baseball scandals with performance enhancing drugs. It almost makes the car sound like it is on steroids, or some other performance enhancing drug. If you are unable to read the bottom right corner it says performance enhanced.

African American Linguists

Being African American, this time of year my father would have us kids study historical African American culture and super figures.  Even though he is no longer with us, we decide to continue this tradition of Black History Month.  Because of our class, I've decided to study some African American linguists.  I have studied a couple before, Maya Angelou of course famous with her poetry.  W.E.B. Dubois founder of the NAACP, an educator in literature.  But the one I connect to most is James Baldwin.  Baldwin's novels and essays dealt with racial and sexual issues in the US.  'Tell it on the Mountain' is his most famous discussing racial issues in the early 1900's based on himself as a young boy and his parent's struggles in the past.  Giovanni's Room has to be one of my personal favorites not only discussing racial issues of being African American, but also the controversial subject of  homosexuality being in love with a white person and the struggles in not only our society but in the world itself.

I started my search at 

http://www.oaal.org/historialcallinguists.htm  

Mitt Romney for President

As you are all aware, we just got done with super tuesday to find more out on who will be running for President come November. I believe that Mitt Romney was a really good runner, as for the fact that he backed out of the race. I believe that he would have made a wonderful president and done well for the country. It would have been the first president that was LDS if he had been able to make it. I think that it would have made the world of difference for our country. I just hope that the next president, whoever that might be (Just as long as it's not Hilary), will be just as good at what they do.

http://mittromney.com

"It is the common task of each generation- and the burden of liberty- to preserve this country, expand it's freedomsand renew it's spirit so that it's moble past is prologue to it's glorious future."

"To this task, accepting this burden, we are all dedicated, and I firmly believe, by providence of the Almighty, that we will succeed beyond our fondest hope. America must remain, as it has always been, the hope of the Earth."

"Thank you and God bless America"
-Mitt Romney

Happy Super Tuesday

Did you? Polls are open statewide until 8:00 pm...

"If you don't make a choice, you don't have a voice"

- Sherrie Swenson, Salt Lake County Clerk

Blog #4 Visual Rhetoric "thinking so you don't have to"

Rothman's article was interesting, although certainly not unexpected. As soon as any specialized demographic emerges, the first thoughts of many are "now, how can we use this information to sell them our product?" The ads which our textbook used to supplement the article were laughable; blatant and obvious. One item of interest however is the one of the many layers of message found within the Coors advertisement. The ad, which presumably ran in publications them selfs direct or indirectly marketed to the GLBT community, is entitled "Straight Talk." The email setup for feedback is "str8talk@mergemediagroup.com." The message is subtle, but there. Coors might want to court the GLBT dollar, but by golly, they are as straight a beer company as ever. No gays here, just profit ledger minded politically correct tolerance!

I also want to thank/curse Ron for introducing me to zefrank.com. What a oddly fascinating train wreck his videos are. While aimlessly browsing his archives just now (putting off doing all my homework) I found a song he wrote about social networks. Pointed, hilarious satire on the silliness of social networking sites. Enjoy it by clicking here.