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It's a euphemism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism The US government uses typical propaganda tactics like this, g
by wavephorm 15y ago
It's a euphemism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism
The US government uses typical propaganda tactics like this, grease up the names of their authoritarian bills to make them sound nice, when in fact they are usually quite sinister. For example, the Patriot Act includes provisions for torturing and spying on Americans.
- mmariani 15y agoThat is happening almost in every country in the world. Privacy, freedom of speech, you name it. Blood was spilled to assure we have rights. Even though, most people are consistently waiving them and they seem not to care about it. How is it even possible? I'm perplexed by this.
- NegativeOne 15y agoThat's something that really bothers me. I try to talk to people about this stuff and they honestly don't care, because it doesn't effect them yet.