corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoMr. Cook, tear down that wallwww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up197
arrow-up197external-linkMr. Cook, tear down that wallwww.spacebar.newscorbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 years agoAnd thematically I would have gone for something evoking the actual Berlin wall:
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minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 years agoI didn’t, the article did by paraphrasing Reagan. And hyperbole is a perfectly valid figure of speech anyway.
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minus-squarepbjamm@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoIt is one of Reagan’s most famous (and lucid) statements. The connection is fairly obvious to anyone familiar with the history.
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minus-squareUnbrokenTaco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoI’m not op but the post was made in the context of the article. The article which had a title modifying this quote about the Berlin Wall “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” to refer to Apple’s CEO. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_down_this_wall! As far as I can tell, the hyperbole was already present before OP shared the image. …Or have I misunderstood your point?
And thematically I would have gone for something evoking the actual Berlin wall:
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I didn’t, the article did by paraphrasing Reagan. And hyperbole is a perfectly valid figure of speech anyway.
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It is one of Reagan’s most famous (and lucid) statements. The connection is fairly obvious to anyone familiar with the history.
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I’m not op but the post was made in the context of the article. The article which had a title modifying this quote about the Berlin Wall “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” to refer to Apple’s CEO.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_down_this_wall!
As far as I can tell, the hyperbole was already present before OP shared the image.
…Or have I misunderstood your point?