Comments on: On the abuse of political language

By: graeme

graeme — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:07:40 +0000

Karen;

I saw that too. Pretty interesting stuff.

By: patrick

patrick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:31:37 +0000

thank you, thank you for saying this.

i think that this is one of our greatest threats: the decay of language and care for it will only bring on the decay of communication. it pervades all aspects of life i’ve noticed, not just politics. when one says “i drink EXpresso”, or “the problem centers around…” this implies a lack of consideration in what one is saying, and (the medium is the message) only begs the question of what level of consideration has been put into the content if the linguistic receptacle is so poorly packaged.

keep fighting the good fight, friend.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:36:01 +0000

Oh, on that note, I read this today.

By: Chrystal Ocean

Chrystal Ocean — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:44:37 +0000

And so it has been on this side of the border too. The Harper Conservatives haven’t been shy, or particularly concerned about revealing, their importation of GOP and Luntz-style propaganda.

And at least one of the other parties hasn’t been slow to catch up.