Rhetorical Questions
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:46 pm
Rhetorical Questions About the Great Issues of the Day:
If a politician never changes his mind, how can we be sure he has one?
How come the expression "family values" keeps meaning making babies, carrying guns, and cutting the taxes of rich people?
What exactly is so immoral about cloning?
If one argues that a fetus should have the full range of human rights, then why should it have fewer rights if it was conceived through incest or rape?
Who is that lady whose voice is always used in political attack ads?
How come sexist language on the American military bases awakens more annoyance than the fact that people are being sold as slaves in Sudan?
Why do politicians feel compelled to seem dumber than voters?
Why is it better to ban gay marriage than firearms?
If we believe that there are significant "cultural differences" between different subgroups within a population, then why do we believe that members ought to turn up in voluntary activities in proportion to their numbers in the population?
Why do so many people imagine that anger leads to happiness?
Why should a course be required of a student who can pass the final exam on the first day?
If God is both merciful and just, will he forgive Postmodernists or send them to hell?
When eventually everything has been made illegal, will we need to have a revolution and start over again?
How come pictures of people making love are considered dangerous to children, but pictures of people killing each other are judged harmless?
How can it keep taking half an hour to get some place that's only five minutes away?
Which is more driven by fads, a teeny-bopper in a mall or a professor discussing politics?
If "intelligent design" counts as science, who counts as a monkey's uncle?
How come boys do skateboards but girls do rollerblades?
If almost no Americans can write a page of English that is ready for publishing without further editing, then why do we think the problem lies with the school system rather than with the conventions that govern written English?
Why are "punitive damages" paid not to the court but to plaintiffs and their attorneys, who by definition are already adequately compensated by the basic damage award before the punitive damages are added?
If people think American college students can't write English after 16 years in school, they why do they imagine English is appropriate for use as an international language?
If what you have to say is persuasive, why are you shouting?
If a politician never changes his mind, how can we be sure he has one?
How come the expression "family values" keeps meaning making babies, carrying guns, and cutting the taxes of rich people?
What exactly is so immoral about cloning?
If one argues that a fetus should have the full range of human rights, then why should it have fewer rights if it was conceived through incest or rape?
Who is that lady whose voice is always used in political attack ads?
How come sexist language on the American military bases awakens more annoyance than the fact that people are being sold as slaves in Sudan?
Why do politicians feel compelled to seem dumber than voters?
Why is it better to ban gay marriage than firearms?
If we believe that there are significant "cultural differences" between different subgroups within a population, then why do we believe that members ought to turn up in voluntary activities in proportion to their numbers in the population?
Why do so many people imagine that anger leads to happiness?
Why should a course be required of a student who can pass the final exam on the first day?
If God is both merciful and just, will he forgive Postmodernists or send them to hell?
When eventually everything has been made illegal, will we need to have a revolution and start over again?
How come pictures of people making love are considered dangerous to children, but pictures of people killing each other are judged harmless?
How can it keep taking half an hour to get some place that's only five minutes away?
Which is more driven by fads, a teeny-bopper in a mall or a professor discussing politics?
If "intelligent design" counts as science, who counts as a monkey's uncle?
How come boys do skateboards but girls do rollerblades?
If almost no Americans can write a page of English that is ready for publishing without further editing, then why do we think the problem lies with the school system rather than with the conventions that govern written English?
Why are "punitive damages" paid not to the court but to plaintiffs and their attorneys, who by definition are already adequately compensated by the basic damage award before the punitive damages are added?
If people think American college students can't write English after 16 years in school, they why do they imagine English is appropriate for use as an international language?
If what you have to say is persuasive, why are you shouting?