words like: terrorism, collateral damage, security etc... how does a militarised state gain acceptance for these inversions of meaning?
2006-08-08 16:11:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
You just did.
2006-08-08 17:31:43 · answer #1 · answered by zsopark 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some pin-headed bozo keeps using it over and over again. My favorite is "time frame" from the Watergate era. What the hell is a time "frame" exactly anyway?
The next big one will probably be
"ActiveOn, apply directly to the forehead, ActiveOn, apply directly to the forehead, ActiveOn, apply directly to the forehead."
2006-08-08 23:20:52 · answer #2 · answered by Kokopelli 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, language, that other weapon of choice. A weapon of mass confusion, if you ask me.
The military of any dominant nation will use meanings and establish euphemisms to redact its own myopic world outlook into victorious speeches.
Remember friendly fire?
What a joke...
2006-08-08 23:18:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One massacres language by killing off all the native speakers
2006-08-08 23:26:01 · answer #4 · answered by Taivo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is that a rhetorical question?
2006-08-08 23:16:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋