On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:40 AM, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote:
> Erik Moeller wrote: > > Terms like "strategy", "mission statement" and "stakeholder" have > > concrete organizational meaning. Yes, they are also often used as part > > of marketing copy or organizational copy in ways that are unhelpful, > > because people who aren't good writers feel the need to plug holes by > > picking from the shared vocabulary of organization-speak. That doesn't > > make them meaningless, anymore than the fact that every idiot has an > > opinion on quantum physics makes quantum physics meaningless. > > That's just your guilt talking. You've been as big an offender in this area > as anyone. I can't be the only person who remembers that there's an entire > "Strategic Planning" wiki. Anyone interested in a broad sampling of > bullshit > language need look no further. :-) Adding a smiley to an insult doesn't make it any less an insult. I think there are ways to make this argument more politely. Mike > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
