[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Amazon do not listen to customers. That's why the margins are still wide, line height is still wide, available fonts is limited, and font sizes are limited. These are things customers have been asking to be fixed for a long time and Amazon has ignored every single request. So asking for this other fix is going to also fall on deaf ears.

Dear members:


The above is an opinion, but it is not made clear in the quoted post and, as such, is a misleading statement.

If he had merely stated, "In my opinion, Amazon.....," then that would have been a clear indicator of Jon's opinion on this issue, rather than one presented as a stated fact.

When dealing with language and the representation of language, it is especially important to look at the attendant motivation that guides that representation. Communication (again, in the post above) is used as a pragmatic end taken to an extreme, and posits a rhetorical stance beyond the mere use of rhetoric. It is presented as an agenda.

Keeping these things in mind is helpful when an individual (any individual) makes sweeping, judgmental statements presented as factual statements when, in fact, they may not be that at all.

For more on this (if you're interested), you might wish to study Kenneth Burke's Dramatistic Pentad, a core structure for examining motivation.




Don
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