Newspeak's Here, Now

January 23, 2003

Now now, be nice. Don't encourage me.

All I meant -- and I apologize for the nasty tone, it comes from reading

too many liberal media accounts I guess -- is that the term " liberal " has

undergone several major changes of meaning in my own lifetime, and each

group tends to use what ever interpretation they wish to further their

arguments, often at the expense of the dictionary renditions.

For a very interesting, detailed Platonic imaginary dialogue about this

sort of thing, check this:

On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 12:29 PM, (AT) (DOT)

com wrote:

> This ought to be great!!! I haven't seen a good/ " fair " verbal " cat fight "

> in a long time. Go for it guys...

>

> Dave

>

>>> Well, we all know that'll never happen, McDonald's caring about feeding

> the poor? LOL As for the term " bleeding heart " , interesting echo and

> reference there. So I'm evil and bad because you've tried to slur me as

> a

> " liberal " ? LOL Please define. Betcha can't.<<

>

" That erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public

education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken

their intelligence, and so make them fit to discharge the duties of

citizenship in an enlightened and independent manner. Nothing could be

further from the truth.

" The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all, it is

simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level,

to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and

originality. That is its aim in the United States, whatever the

pretensions of politicians, pedagogues and other such mountebanks, and

that is its aim everywhere else. "

--H L. Mencken

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