P. fallacy in real life?

[Kim Braithwaite]

Definitions aside, pathetic fallacy does happen in real life. Consider this:

When President Kennedy was shot I was working for the Georgian Service of the VOA. On the dreary wet day of JFK's funeral, in the foyer of VOA on my way to the studio I ran into James Bostain, a witty popularizer of linguistics who was taping a series for broadcast. We said a word of greeting, watched the steady rain falling outside, and he said with a wry smile, "Now that's what I call a pathetic fallacy!" (The very heavens, don't you see, pouring out their grief). It lightened the mood.

"Good is better than evil, because it's nicer" - Mammy Yokum (Al Capp)

Mr Kim Braithwaite, Translator - kbtrans at cox.net

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