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Postby orz » Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:32 pm

"I'm not a racist but..."

"I'm not a scientologist, but..."

"...these people..."
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Postby Seamus OBlimey » Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:07 pm

They Suck

and I'm not, but..
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Postby brainpanhandler » Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:48 pm

Some language is verboten.

I'm not a fascist, but I can't tell you how many times I wanna use the phrase, "The ends justify the means" and don't because I can count on the predicatable, "Hmmm, where have I heard that before?"

An engram by any other name?

Why should I let anyone steal concepts and language from me?

On the other hand, it is often times best just to pick another source for the same wisdom and refrain from the baggage laden verbiage.
"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." - Martin Luther King Jr.
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Postby orz » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:54 pm

On the other hand, it is often times best just to pick another source for the same wisdom and refrain from the baggage laden verbiage.

Indeed. This is what Orwell was talking about in 'Politics and the English Language'... forming your own sentences using words for their actual meaning, rather than using jargon phrases which obscure meaning.

Pretty funny google search: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe ... tnG=Search
Spot the OSA! :D
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