Nick, I didn't (and wouldn't) use the noun "remediation" (at least, 
not to mean "remedy").  As verbs, "remediate" and "remedy" have 
different senses to me (and to the OED).  In particular, the OED says 
(and I agree--though I don't claim this was in my mind) that 
"remediate" includes the sense of "counteract", and "remedy" doesn't.

> This is a great idea.  But ONLY if we think of it as a "remedy", not as a
> "remediation".  I would always argue for the minimalification of latinate
> suffixes.  
> 
> But it really is a great idea. 
> 
> Nick 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> I asked a (non-rhetorical) question:
> 
> >But you might think it is, so I ask you, do you?  If not, how might it 
> >be remediated (practically or impractically)?



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