Sunday, July 8, 2012

Bad choice of words

A TV ad claiming they have a non-evasive surgical tool that works through the skin without cutting the skin.  Some call it the "proton knife™: other call it by their trade names. And it seems like a great idea. They describe that patients undergoing this form of surgery recover faster without incontinence. This is a great feature for prostrate surgery.

Then they say they are the CUTTING EDGE in surgery.  Really? CUTTING edge? Couldn't they use 'leading edge?' As a man, the thought of CUTTING my prostrate scares the hell out of me. But leading edge says: we are the best and newest.

It's all a matter of choosing the right word.

And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford

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