Shepherd Of The Gurneys: When Hyperbole Isn't Enough

Friday, December 12, 2014

When Hyperbole Isn't Enough

In past, I have rhetorically used the phrase "cancel Christmas" to describe things when/if the Ebola situation gets bad. Now, Sierra Leone has done exactly that:

(AU News) SIERRA LEONE is banning public Christmas celebrations as the spiralling caseload of Ebola infections continues to spread alarm. Soldiers are to be deployed throughout the festive period to force people venturing onto the streets back indoors, the government’s Ebola response unit announced on Friday.
Palo Conteh, head of the department, told reporters in the capital Freetown there would be “no Christmas and New Year celebrations this year”.

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TrTDecember 13, 2014 at 1:13 AM
Fudgecicles
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UnknownDecember 13, 2014 at 4:38 PM
Atheist all over the United States rejoice, somebody finally killed Christmas.
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