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The Orwell comparisons may seem trite to you, but the fact is that if there's no available word for a thing, it becomes difficult for people at large to discuss
by eponeponepon 8y ago
The Orwell comparisons may seem trite to you, but the fact is that if there's no available word for a thing, it becomes difficult for people at large to discuss it.
Some organisations conclude that if the masses can't name a thing, then it's impossible for anyone to think of it, and that this makes it go away. Personally I think this underestimates individual people's capacity to think up new names for things, and is therefore doomed to failure.
- benj111 8y ago"Personally I think this underestimates individual people's capacity to think up new names for things, and is therefore doomed to failure" Agreed, so I'm not sure why you're disagreeing? I only mentioned it, to show I understand the wider context, so when I ask "why?" I don't get a load of "because censorship" answers. So not intended to come across as trite.
- eponeponepon 8y agoI'm not disagreeing :-)
- benj111 8y agoOh good, that was easy :) Now lets solve Brexit! :ducks: