On 5/13/05, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so where are the negative connotations of the word "insurgent"? Just > because one uses that word doesn't mean that the US invaders are good > in some way. > > I've never been a big fan of the "politically correct" language > theory, in which the word one uses to describe some phenomenon is > almost as important as the phenomenon itself. > --JD
--------------------- Look at the definition under 'adjective' and tell me it's not loaded with normativity. Screw political correctness, that's what the Pentagon and others are doing with a skill that shows they've read Orwell and Machiavelli and others regarding the discourses of treachery and deception. Do you want me to have George Lakoff give you a call? :-) And don't get me started on performativity............... :-) -- "C'mon Mr. Krinkle, tell me why" [Primus]
