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It also sounds more pleasant than "dragnet" or "fishing expedition", but if this starts by treating everybody as a possible suspect for an undetermined crime th
by biff 13y ago
It also sounds more pleasant than "dragnet" or "fishing expedition", but if this starts by treating everybody as a possible suspect for an undetermined crime those terms are closer to the truth.
A forensic analyst doesn't get started until it looks like a crime's been committed.
- mtgx 13y agoIt's almost like they're using the 1984's Newspeak as guidelines for naming this sort of stuff.
- AnthonyMouse 13y agoNineteen Eighty-Four was published the same year the US changed the name of the Department of War to be the Department of Defense. It's not like it's a new thing. The sad part is that people continue to fall for it.