We destroy the beauty of the countryside because the un-appropriated splendors of nature have no economic value. We are capable of shutting off the sun and the stars because they do not pay a dividend. — John Maynard Keynes
2004/05/24
Torturing the language, abusing the prisoners
Check out Amy Gahran's blog entry for May 21, on Loaded Words and Tortured Definitions, on U.S. media's avoidance of the word "torture" to describe what's been going on in Abu Ghraib.
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