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September 1, 2015
Names, said Confucius, had to convey the truth.
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. … Therefore a superior man considers it necessary that the names he uses may be spoken appropriately, and also that what he speaks may be carried out appropriately. What the superior man requires is just that in his words there may be nothing incorrect.Modern politicians appear to believe the opposite: social disorder can result from telling the truth. Better the lie. The Politics of Symbolism | Belmont Club
Posted by gerardvanderleun at September 1, 2015 3:48 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Newspeak.
Welcome to the Babel of the New Millenia.
Where everybody is talking but nobody knows what anybody else is saying and nobody cares.
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at September 1, 2015 6:18 PM
gs, bullseye!
Babble on and on in our Babylon.
Posted by: Stug Guts at September 2, 2015 9:36 AM
The "Patriot Act" springs to mind.
Posted by: bilejones at September 2, 2015 7:40 PM