On 5/14/05, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Calling it "newspeak" misses the point. All good propaganda has an > element of (partial) truth. Simply avoiding the word "insurgency" > simply avoids substantive analysis. (BTW, the Bushies use much worse > terms; "insurgency," as I've said, is pretty harmless.) > > _of course_ language involves politics. But I wouldn't say that it > _is_ politics. > > JD
------------------- I didn't say avoid the term, I'm saying we should contest it, replete with a counterdescription/explanation of what is going on that points out that it's just another one of their lies. Granted, there is no more convincing to be done of the US citizenry as the debate, what there is of it, is at maximum polarization with plenty of people with their fingers in their ears screaming 'lalalalalalalalala.' Your last sentence is a political statement. :-)
