Aimee Farr wrote: > Anonymous, (a fellow Sophist? FN1), points out that mass media is written > for the masses. > > A larger point is that THOUGHT PRESUPPOSES LANGUAGE. By limiting your > language to the lowest common denominator, your limit the 'lodestar' of the > sign vehicles. American media speaks in the lowest common denominator in the > interest of social justice and convenience. Some feel it has worked an equal > injustice by hobbling our ability to THINK. "The limits of my language are > the limits of my mind." (Wittgenstein) Not in the interests of social justice. In the interests of advertising, sales, and ratings. Ken
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