A totalitarian state thrives on propaganda, and there
is no more effective way to limit thought than to
control the language itself. By changing definitions
of words through continual association, any serious
discussion involving the concepts that the words
represents becomes hopelessly muddled.
The words "democracy," "hate" and "racism" immediately
comes to mind. -- Thomas Sowell
At 01:31 PM 10/20/2010, you wrote:
Let me remind you of the use of semantics and shades of meaning yet again.
In the recent Texas Schoolbook controversy, the books were revised to
exclude the words "Democrat" Democracy", and replace those words with
"Republican" and "Republic".
The terms are interchangeable, but not in the small minds of some who
fail to comprehend their shades of meaning and etymological
provinance.
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