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> It's natural language. Conciseness is high value. But in this case the imprecision could very well be deliberately weasely. The kind of people whose job it
by ardy42 8y ago
> It's natural language. Conciseness is high value.
But in this case the imprecision could very well be deliberately weasely. The kind of people whose job it is to offer official comment are also the ones whose profession is to exploit the ambiguity of natural language to lead you to think one thing while the reality is a less obvious interpretation.
- RyJones 8y agoExactly my point. Confusing is with the common understanding when they mean something else. They aren't lying, exactly.