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- From: eifrig@beanworld.cs.jhu.edu (Jonathan Eifrig)
- Subject: Orwellian NewSpeak (Was: Ellemann-Jensen on Macedonia)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.165946.3050@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
- Sender: news@blaze.cs.jhu.edu (Usenet news system)
- Organization: The Johns Hopkins University CS Department
- References: <C17qGI.1J2@gabriel.keele.ac.uk> <JTSILLA.93Jan21131720@damon.ccs.northeastern.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:59:46 GMT
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- In article <JTSILLA.93Jan21131720@damon.ccs.northeastern.edu>
- jtsilla@damon.ccs.northeastern.edu (James Tsillas) writes:
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- >Greece will defend the name "Macedonia" not
- >for nationalistic reasons but strictly for reasons of sentiment,
- >pride and identity.
- >
- >-Jim.
-
- Is this great or what? Gee, Jim, what exactly is the difference
- between "reasons of sentiment, pride, and identity" and "nationalistic
- reasons", other than the former are GoodWords and the later BadWords?
-
- This is going to be a great group .... :-)
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- "There is a sharp disagreement among competent men as to what can be
- proved and what cannot be proved, as well as an irreconcilable difference of
- opinion as to what is sense and what is nonsense."
- - Eric Temple Bell, "Debunking Science"
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- Jack Eifrig (eifrig@cs.jhu.edu) The Johns Hopkins University, C.S. Dept.
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