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That reminds me of another headline from last month that was right up the Monty Python alley too: ”Turkmenistan Has Banned Use Of The Word ‘Coronavirus’” As a
by virtualritz 7y ago
That reminds me of another headline from last month that was right up the Monty Python alley too: ”Turkmenistan Has Banned Use Of The Word ‘Coronavirus’”
As a friend who’s a standup comedian said in response to reading that: “Brilliant, why didn’t our government think of this? We wouldn’t have all these problems.”
[1] https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/31/824611607/turkmenistan-has-banned-use-of-the-word-coronavirus https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0...
- wrs 7y agoRecall that the US President wanted to keep a cruise ship from docking because "I don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn't our fault". If your career is built on the principle that perception trumps reality, it's hard to adjust when reality doesn't cooperate.
- belltaco 7y agoThat's literally the case with 'climate change' being banned from government discussions and reports in the federal govt in the US and in various states. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/08/trump-administration-climate-change-ban-usda https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/08/trump-... https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2015/03/09/florida-bans-saying-climate-change https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2015/03/09/florida-bans...