Comments on: So Long As We Get the Words Right… http://www.notnews.org/policy/warofwords.html Philosophy, public affairs and pop culture. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:55:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Earl Green http://www.notnews.org/policy/warofwords.html#comment-32 Earl Green Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:34:22 +0000 http://www.notnews.org/s-o-s/warofwords.html#comment-32 Yeah, those were the days when the word whose meaning was being debated wasn't exactly, well, killing anyone. Yeah, those were the days when the word whose meaning was being debated wasn’t exactly, well, killing anyone.

]]> By: Pattie Gillett http://www.notnews.org/policy/warofwords.html#comment-30 Pattie Gillett Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:28:43 +0000 http://www.notnews.org/s-o-s/warofwords.html#comment-30 Earl, you are too right! Ah, those were the days... Earl, you are too right! Ah, those were the days…

]]> By: Earl Green http://www.notnews.org/policy/warofwords.html#comment-26 Earl Green Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:18:03 +0000 http://www.notnews.org/s-o-s/warofwords.html#comment-26 All I can really think of here is that this is comedy gold from the same people who refused to let it die when the last guy appeared to be dancing around the definition of sex. All I can really think of here is that this is comedy gold from the same people who refused to let it die when the last guy appeared to be dancing around the definition of sex.

]]> By: Dave Thomer http://www.notnews.org/policy/warofwords.html#comment-23 Dave Thomer Wed, 30 Nov 2005 07:47:00 +0000 http://www.notnews.org/s-o-s/warofwords.html#comment-23 I think I'm more frightened of the little bit from the end of the article, where Rumsfeld was like, "Well, they wouldn't necessarily have to <em>stop </em>the torture, now would they?" Didn't we go through this rigamarole with the whole "War on Terror" vs "Struggle Against Violent Extremism" thing a few months back? I think I’m more frightened of the little bit from the end of the article, where Rumsfeld was like, “Well, they wouldn’t necessarily have to stop the torture, now would they?”

Didn’t we go through this rigamarole with the whole “War on Terror” vs “Struggle Against Violent Extremism” thing a few months back?

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