This author hits the main point of my entire topic. Daniel Menaker, a recurrent cancer patient himself, looks forward to the demilitarization of cancer talk.
His audience is the people who use the military slang, since they are the ones that need to hear - or see - it. They need to learn how it affects others, since they could seriously hurt or anger someone if they just toss this kind of slang around.
He speaks, of course, as a cancer patient who takes some offense to this slang. He does, however, endorse military talk when in privacy as a means of motivation, but not publicly.
The occasion is addressing the media who's been abusing this slang recently, and the subject is to show why cancer talk should be demilitarized. The media, I believe, is the root of this problem. They make many issues things to be toyed with and it takes away from the seriousness of the situation.
The tone of this whole peace is satirical but serious, since he adds some humor to the ignorance of the public. I feel as though there's a bit of anger, but not too much at the same time. He clearly has a position on this issue, and can relate to it because of his own personal problems.
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