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Friday May 18, 2007
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'I beat pirates with a hose and sonic cannon'
Now
these
are pirates. Using the term frivolously the way the software and media industries do is abusive and it's time it stopped.
(tags:
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Posted by webmink
( May 18 2007, 02:21:09 AM PDT )
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Quite right too -controlling language in this way is used to control thoughts. Same with "terrorists". The label precludes any analysis of a group's methods and objectives.
Posted by
Patrick Finch
on May 21, 2007 at 12:49 AM PDT
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