IN the engineering discipline, there's this thing they call the strength of materials, or the ability of substances to withstand stress and strain. For safety's sake, they have models of the structures "tested to destruction." The closest popular expression of this that I can think of is the English idiomatic expression "the last straw that broke the camel's back." As in these tales of perdition and destruction, the danger to all of us is that we have been so mercilessly conditioned by our contemporary culture, religion, and media to believe that everything is possible. Read this essay and listen to its voice recording in The Manila Times: "Tales of perdition and destruction"This essay subsequently appeared as Chapter 151 in my book "Give Your English the Winning Edge," 2009 by the Manila Times Publishing Corp. All rights reserved.

Source: Manila Times February 07, 2024 14:33 UTC