Even The Language Is Corrupt

November 23rd, 2011 by Tom Sullivan

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH

Immediately and Henceforth,

Naked aggression shall be called “preemptive war”
Propaganda shall be called “news”
State kidnapping shall be called “extraordinary rendition”
Water torture shall be called “enhanced interrogation”
Arbitrary imprisonment shall be called “extrajudicial detention”
Kleptocracy shall be called “privatization”
Securities fraud shall be called “derivatives trading”
Sitting on the ground shall be called “active resistance”
Chemical attacks against sitting civilians shall be called “pain compliance.”

That is all.

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

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TJ:

November 27th, 2011 at 1:20 am

And, layoffs(officially not allowed b/c of postal union rules) shall be called “re-alignments.”

We civilians need a rewrite of the whole Webster dictionary, as well as the constitution.