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15. How right was Orwell?

Reply to IDemo (Reply #9)

Wed Sep 17, 2014, 04:38 PM

Sep 2014

You control words, you control the language. Why do we need words or concepts like "excellent" or "shabby" when "good" can be adapted to cover all the gradations of something's essence: Plusgood or doubleplusungood. See? No need to get into all the time-wasting of thinking up applicable words and employing tediously repetitive vocabulary. "Good" can cover it all!

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I'm really tired of people using the word "discipline" [View all] Ilsa Sep 2014 OP

True, but I do like it in this context... zappaman Sep 2014 #1

Michael and Debi Pearl would agree with you. LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #2

They should try teaching without violence. nt Ilsa Sep 2014 #3

That, I'm afraid, LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #4

i'm dismayed by modern usage of the word "justice", similarly. unblock Sep 2014 #5

That, plus "correction" IDemo Sep 2014 #9

How right was Orwell? gratuitous Sep 2014 #15

Unless it's self-discipline. TreasonousBastard Sep 2014 #6

And that wouldn't involve parent/guardian. nt Ilsa Sep 2014 #10

Well, I was kinda thinking they would have some of it, and... TreasonousBastard Sep 2014 #12

What bugs me is when Reggie Bush said he'd "harshly discipline" his 1-year-old daughter. What Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #7

And that was the straw that broke my proverbial back. Ilsa Sep 2014 #11

How can a 1 yo even be disciplined? They don't even madinmaryland Sep 2014 #17

I'm really tired of people who are "really tired" of things when they're not really tired or else... immoderate Sep 2014 #8

Spanking is the result of a lack of discipline, frankly. nt RedCappedBandit Sep 2014 #13

I'll settle for Throbbing Gristle's version, myself derby378 Sep 2014 #14

Glad you like it. Ilsa Sep 2014 #16

I'm really tired of people arbitrarily deciding that the word punishment TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #18