Here is a recent example of a highly effective communicator
using a vivid, evocative expression while emphasizing something and thus making his assertion indelible—an
example which, I hope, will inspire the rest of us into similarly imaginative
analogies, especially when we are trying to break through the clutter.
- (This
one is from my archives) First, the background: In mid-January last year,
an outgoing Trump administration official unnecessarily charged three
Indonesian men who are Gitmo (Guantanamo) detainees.
It was done as something of “a parting shot,” just to make it
harder for the incoming Biden administration to implement its stated goal
of closing Gitmo at the earliest. In response, a frustrated and indignant human
rights lawyer Michele Paradis had this to say during an appearance on PBS
NewsHour later that week: “...These
men have been in Guantanamo since 2003...the five 9/11 conspirators have
been facing trial since 2008 (but) there’s still no trial date set...(and
there may never be one) because of the “dysfunctionality” of the Gitmo
military commissions/ tribunals and (the revolving door) of judges.” Paradis then added: “One thing after another has made these into a ‘Waiting
for Godot’ experience. They are the
trials that everyone’s waiting for but never come.”
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